Climatology of precipitation and clouds over Western_Sahara_Desert
Western Sahara Desert

General info Precipitation System properties Cloud Seasonal variation Diurnal variation Vertical Structure Extreme events Time series

Topography and population Western_Sahara_Desert has a mean elevation of 311 meter and 0% of the area is covered with water. Within Western_Sahara_Desert , total human population is about 774981. The geographical distributions of human population and topograph are shown below: Precipitation and cloud In Western_Sahara_Desert , mean annual precipitation is 83.33 (mm/year). Mean volume fraction of high level (10-14 km) cloud is about 2.6%. Mean volume fraction of mid level (5-10 km) cloud is about 6.3%. Mean volume fraction of low level (1-5 km) cloud is about 2.3%. Click the links on the left to see the details of the precipitation and cloud systems.