Climatology of precipitation and clouds over Desert_High_Terrain_Northern_Sudan
Desert High Terrain Northern Sudan

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

    • Over Desert_High_Terrain_Northern_Sudan , mean annual precipitation are estimated with 133.8 (mm/year) from TRMM precipitation radar. (distribution of precipitation see here )

    Total surface rainfall is brought by various precipitation systems. The seasonal variation of precipitation from systems with different sizes and heights are shown below:

    In total, thunderstorms (systems with detected lightning flashes) contribute 77 %, MCSs (Mesoscale convective systems with raining area > 2000 km^2) contribute 58 % of all precipitation. Seasonal variations of fraction of precipitation from thunderstorms and MCSs are shown below:

  • Cloud seasonal variation

    • The seasonal variation of geographical distribution of CloudSat cloud fraction over Desert_High_Terrain_Northern_Sudan is shown below:





    The seasonal variation of mean CloudSat level cloud fraction at different altitudes over Desert_High_Terrain_Northern_Sudan is shown below:

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