Potencial Orográfico de Chuvas (POC)

English translation: Orographic Rainfall Potential (ORP)

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Portuguese term or phrase:	Potencial Orográfico de Chuvas (POC)
English translation:	Orographic Rainfall Potential (ORP)
Entered by:	lidiarogatto

14:10 Oct 23, 2017

Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Geography

Portuguese term or phrase: Potencial Orográfico de Chuvas (POC)

SOURCE: “Potencial Orográfico de Chuvas” – POC

Target: "Rainfall Orographic Potential" (POC, in Portuguese)

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lidiarogatto KudoZ activity Questions: 26 (2 open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 0 Brazil
Local time: 19:48

orographic rainfall potential

Explanation:
I found over 33,000 occurrences of "orographic rainfall" on the Web. Here's one:

"A discussion on orographic rainfall and its place in the hydrology of the globe was held on February 21, 1945."

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Note added at 14 mins (2017-10-23 14:24:52 GMT)
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My pleasure, Lidia. It's up to you if want to maintain the Portuguese initials in the translation. I would only if it repeats throughout the text, in which case you could use the abbreviation instead.

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Oliver Simões
United States
Local time: 15:48

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potential for orographic precipitation

ulissescarvalho

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orographic rainfall potential

Oliver Simões

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Potencial Orográfico de Chuvas (POC) potential for orographic precipitation

Explanation:
That's the correct form, in my opinion.

ulissescarvalho
Brazil
Native speaker of:

Portuguese

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you. I found the following term in a Wikipedia glossary > Orographic rainfall: Precipitation that results when moist air is lifted over a topographic barrier such as a mountain range. So shouldn't it be "Orographic Rainfall Potential"?

7 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

orographic rainfall potential

Oliver Simões
United States
Local time: 15:48
Native speaker of:

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 16

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Thank you!

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you, Oliveira. I found it in a Geography glossary as well. Concerning the Portuguese initials (POC), should I maintain it?

Asker: It is repeated EXTENSIVELY (throughout 19 pages, to be exact)! It also appears in numerous equations, so I am prone to leave it in Portuguese...

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