Climatology of precipitation and clouds over Atlantic_Ocean_off_South_Africa
Atlantic Ocean off South Africa

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

Topography and population Atlantic_Ocean_off_South_Africa has a mean elevation of 0 meter and 99% of the area is covered with water. Within Atlantic_Ocean_off_South_Africa, total human population is about 590421. The geographical distributions of human population and topograph are shown below: Precipitation and cloud In Atlantic_Ocean_off_South_Africa, mean annual precipitation is 151.6 3 (mm/year). Mean volume fraction of high level (10-14 km) cloud is about 1.4%. Mean volume fraction of mid level (5-10 km) cloud is about 4.0%. Mean volume fraction of low level (1-5 km) cloud is about 6.3%. Click the links on the left to see the details of the precipitation and cloud systems.