Evaluation of the WMO Solid Precipitation Intercomparison Experiment (SPICE) transfer functions for adjusting  the wind bias in solid precipitation measurements

Smith, Craig D.; Ross, Amber; Kochendorfer, John; Earle, Michael E.; Wolff, Mareile; Buisán, Samuel; Roulet, Yves-Alain; Laine, Timo

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-4025-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-4025-2020

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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-4025-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 24, issue 8

Research article

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20 Aug 2020

Research article |

| 20 Aug 2020

Evaluation of the WMO Solid Precipitation Intercomparison Experiment (SPICE) transfer functions for adjusting the wind bias in solid precipitation measurements

Craig D. Smith, Amber Ross, John Kochendorfer, Michael E. Earle, Mareile Wolff, Samuel Buisán, Yves-Alain Roulet, and Timo Laine

Data sets

The Post-SPICE (2015/2016 and 2016/2017) Winter Precipitation Intercomparison Data C. D. Smith, A. Ross, J. Kochendorfer, M. E. Earle, M. Wolff, S. Buisan, Y.-A. Roulet, and T. Laine https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.907379

Short summary

During the World Meteorological Organization Solid Precipitation Intercomparison Experiment (SPICE), transfer functions were developed to adjust automated gauge measurements of solid precipitation for systematic bias due to wind. The transfer functions were developed by combining data from eight sites, attempting to make them more universally applicable in a range of climates. This analysis is an assessment of the performance of those transfer functions, using data collected when SPICE ended.