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Long-term rainfall averages for Ireland, 1981-2010

dc.contributor.authorWalsh, Séamus
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-13T10:56:47Z
dc.date.available2016-04-13T10:56:47Z
dc.date.issued2016-04
dc.identifier.citationSéamus Walsh, 'Long-term rainfall averages for Ireland, 1981-2010', [report], Met Éireann, 2016, Climatological Note, 15, 2016-04en
dc.descriptionLong-Term Averages (LTA) or Climate Normals are 30-year averages of weather elements. They are used to describe the current climate and to place current weather in context. Met Éireann has produced a suite of LTAs covering the period 1981-2010, which have replaced the 1961-1990 LTAs for day-to-day comparison purposes. LTAs of monthly rainfall and days of rain greater than or equal to 0.2mm, 1mm and 10mm have been compiled for over 750 locations. Using these data and data for Northern Ireland, provided by the United Kingdom Meteorological Office, gridded values have been produced at resolution of 1km2. This paper details the process involved in generating the new LTAs, from data collection through the network of rainfall observers, to quality control and estimation of missing values, and finally, the geostatistical methods used to produce the gridded datasets. A comparison is also made between the LTAs for 1961-1990 and 1981-2010, which shows an increase of approximately 6% in Average Annual Rainfall, and other seasonal and monthly changesen
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherMet Éireannen
dc.rightsYen
dc.subjectMeteorologyen
dc.subjectRainfallen
dc.subjectPrecipitationen
dc.subjectClimate dataen
dc.titleLong-term rainfall averages for Ireland, 1981-2010en
dc.typereporten
dc.type.supercollectionedepositireland
dc.contributor.corporatenameMet Éireannen
dc.publisher.placeirelanden
dc.rights.ecaccessrightsopenAccess
dc.relation.ispartofseriesdate2016en
dc.relation.ispartofseriesissue15en
dc.relation.ispartofseriestitleClimatological Noteen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2262/76135


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    The Climatological Note series has been in publication since 1972. It is issued on an irregular basis. Issues are compiled by Met Éireann staff members. The series covers a range of subject areas relating to climatology with a particular emphasis on Ireland and ongoing work at Met Éireann. Climate averages are published as part of this series.

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