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

sizes and depths of precipitation systems Over Eastern_Sahara_Desert , mean size of precipitation system about 54.8 (km^2) and mean maximum radar echo top height of these precipitation systems is about 7.4 km. Following figure shows the cumulative distribution of the sizes and depths of the precipitation systems in different seasons: rainfall contribution from precipitation systems with different sizes and depths Though usually there are more small systems, the larger systems would bring more total precipitation.