Climatology of precipitation and clouds over Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

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

Topography and population Atlantic Ocean has a mean elevation of 0 meter and 100 % of the area is covered with water. Within Atlantic Ocean, total human population is about 0. The geographical distributions of human population and topograph are shown below: Precipitation and cloud In Atlantic Ocean, mean annual precipitation is 404.53 (mm/year). Mean volume fraction of high level (10-14 km) cloud is about 2.9%. Mean volume fraction of mid level (5-10 km) cloud is about 8.3%. Mean volume fraction of low level (1-5 km) cloud is about 11.3%. Click the links on the left to see the details of the precipitation and cloud systems.