Analysis of Past Relationships of Temperature to Hydrologic Parameters. GlobalClimate Change Response Program

摘要

The relationship between surface temperature and precipitation is examined. Meanannual and seasonal values of temperature and precipitation for the Southern Plains area of the United States are compared. In general, there is a weak inverse relationship explaining, at best, 40 percent of the observed precipitation variability. Forty extreme precipitation events are studied in more detail. Nine surface temperature variables are compared with six precipitation variables. None explains more than 40 percent of the variability. The principal conclusion thatn can be drawn from the study is that surface temperature is not the controlling factor for precipitation in the Southern Plains.