Austin rain dome: Do cities really deflect rain?

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Research conducted by several Jackson School of Geosciences members provides global evidence of noticeable urban precipitation anomalies, especially in hot and humid climates.
Professor Dev Niyogi and his colleagues including Ph.D. candidate Xinxin Sui examined over one thousands cities worldwide. They found that more than 60% of cities across the globe and their downward regions are receiving a surplus in precipitation than the surrounding rural areas.
They found that urbanizati