Brunsdon, Chris and McClatchey, J. and Unwin, D.J. (2001) Spatial variations in the average rainfall - altitude relationship in Great Britain: an approach using geographically weighted regression. International Journal of Climatology, 21 (4). pp. 455-466. ISSN 1097-0088

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Abstract

The relationship between annual rainfall totals and gauge elevation over Great Britain is re-examined using the recently developed technique of geographically weighted regression (GWR). This enables the spatial drift of regression parameters to be identified, estimated and mapped. It is shown that the rate of increase of precipitation with height, or height coefficient, varies from around 4.5 mm:m in the northwest to almost zero in the southeast. There is a particularly rapid change in this value across the English Midlands. The predicted sea level precipitation varies from 1250 mm to less than 600 mm in much the same way.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	altitude; precipitation; regression modelling; Great Britain;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Research Institutes > National Centre for Geocomputation, NCG
Item ID:	6168
Identification Number:	10.1002:joc.614
Depositing User:	Prof. Chris Brunsdon
Date Deposited:	08 Jun 2015 15:22
Journal or Publication Title:	International Journal of Climatology
Publisher:	Royal Meteorological Society
Refereed:	Yes
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