Climatology of precipitation and clouds over Eastern_Sahara_Desert
Eastern Sahara Desert

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

Topography and population Eastern_Sahara_Desert has a mean elevation of 369 meter and 0% of the area is covered with water. Within Eastern_Sahara_Desert, total human population is about 18932192. The geographical distributions of human population and topograph are shown below: Precipitation and cloud In Eastern_Sahara_Desert, mean annual precipitation is 8.73 (mm/year). Mean volume fraction of high level (10-14 km) cloud is about 1.3%. Mean volume fraction of mid level (5-10 km) cloud is about 2.5%. Mean volume fraction of low level (1-5 km) cloud is about 0.6%. Click the links on the left to see the details of the precipitation and cloud systems.