COMMENTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CORRECTION OF PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENTS ON THE TIBETAN PLATEAU BY UENO,K. AND OHATA,T. (J. METEOR. SEC. JAPAN, VOL. 74, NO. 2, PP 211-220)

Ueno and Ohata (1996) pointed out the importance of the correction of precipitation measurements on the Tibetan Plateau. The present author offers some comments to evaluate more quantitatively their results, wh ich are summarized as follows: (1) the validity of the correction of p recipitation should be checked for the individual cases, along with th e total amount; (2) the diameter of the gauge should be investigated f or any systematic bias of the measured precipitation; (3) the incremen t obtained through the correction procedure should be quantitatively c ompared with the standard error of the corresponding regression analys is; and (4) the effect of the correction should be looked at from vari ous viewpoints, e.g., quantitative comparisons of the corrected precip itation with precipitation estimates from space, as well as with the s urface energy budget on the Tibetan Plateau.