Rain
hideRain is liquid precipitation. On Earth, it is the condensation of atmospheric water vapor into drops heavy enough to fall, often making it to the surface. Rain is the primary source of fresh water for most areas of the world, providing suitable conditions for diverse ecosystems, as well as water for hydroelectric power plants and crop irrigation. However, not all rain reaches the surface; some evaporates while falling through dry air. This is called virga, a phenomenon often seen in hot, dry desert regions. The METAR code for rain is RA.
Rain is also known or suspected on other worlds. On Titan, Saturn's largest moon, infrequent methane rain is thought to carve the moon's numerous surface channels. On Venus, sulfuric acid virga evaporates 25 km from the surface. There is likely to be rain of various compositions in the upper atmospheres of the gas giants, as well as precipitation of liquid neon and helium in the deep atmospheres.
For more information about Rain, read the full article at
Wikipedia.
This text uses material from Wikipedia and is available under the GNU Free Documentation License.
News tagged with rainfall
Cyclone Anja hits wind shear, weakens drastically
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 17, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
This morning, Cyclone Anja was a powerful Category 4 cyclone on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Wind shear has now giving Anja a strong "punch in the gut" as the storm has weakened to a Category 1 cyclone.
TRMM satellite mapped 'Ida the Low's' rainfall from space (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 16, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission satellite known as "TRMM" has the ability to measure rainfall from space, and assessed the heavy rainfall from last week's coastal low pressure area, formerly known ...
Climate variability and dengue incidence
Nov 16, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Research published this week in PLoS Medicine demonstrates associations between local rainfall and temperature and cases of dengue fever, which affects an estimated fifty million people per year worldwide. But the study ...
Central Africa's tropical Congo Basin was arid, treeless in Late Jurassic
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 10, 2009 |
4.3 / 5 (3) |
0
The Congo Basin -- with its massive, lush tropical rain forest -- was far different 150 million to 200 million years ago. At that time Africa and South America were part of the single continent Gondwana. The Congo Basin was ...
New NASA 3-D Video Shows Thunderstorms in Tropical Storm Ida (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 10, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM satellite has the ability to provide data that can be made into three-dimensional images. Visualizers at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center ...
NASA satellites make a movie and get rainfall, wind info on Ida (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 09, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
NASA satellites are amazing examples of technology. The TRMM satellite peers into tropical cyclones and can tell how much rain is falling per hour and where. QuikScat uses microwave technology to measure Ida's ...
NASA's TRMM Satellite sees most of Ida's heaviest rain stayed off coasts
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Nov 09, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
NASA and the Japanese Space Agency's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite flew over Ida and captured her rainfall when she passed by Nicaragua, Honduras and Belize this weekend. TRMM data revealed ...
Lagoon size can be predicted
Nov 03, 2009 |
4 / 5 (2) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- The size of Santa Barbara area lagoons can be predicted, according to a new study by UC Santa Barbara scientists, who say that their research could help protect the endangered steelhead trout.
Typhoon Mirinae is already scaring Philippine residents before Halloween
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 29, 2009 |
4.5 / 5 (2) |
0
Another typhoon in the northern Philippines really is something to be scared about, and Mirinae is expected to make landfall there in the mid-morning hours on Halloween, October 31. Mirinae will be the fourth ...
NASA gets a 3-D look at Neki becoming extra-tropical
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 26, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
NASA's Aqua and Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellites are watching Tropical Storm Neki become extra-tropical, and TRMM data was used to create a three-dimensional image of the storm.
NASA satellite still sees heavy rainfall in Tropical Storm Neki
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 24, 2009 |
3 / 5 (1) |
1
Tropical Storm Neki continues moving north and over the weekend it will be in open waters in the Central Atlantic. NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite passed over Neki early on October ...
Tuesday wettest day of week in Manchester, suggests new analysis
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 23, 2009 |
4 / 5 (2) |
0
(PhysOrg.com) -- Tuesday is the wettest day of the week, suggests new analysis of rainfall data for Manchester.
TRMM sees some heavy rains in Neki as it heads toward Johnston Island
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 20, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
NASA's Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission, or TRMM satellite has been flying over Tropical Storm Neki in the Central Pacific Ocean and providing scientists with an idea of how much rainfall Johnston Island ...
Mauritana locust infestation spreading to Morocco: UN
Oct 16, 2009 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
An invasion of crickets in Mauritania has spread to Morocco and the western Sahara, and could worsen if there is strong rainfall in coming weeks, the United Nations warned Friday.
Tropical Storm Parma headed to Vietnam
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 13, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Tropical Storm Parma crossed over the Hainan Island, China over the weekend and is now poised for a final landfall in Vietnam around 8 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.
