Climatology of precipitation and clouds over Red_Sea
Red Sea

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

Topography and population Red_Sea has a mean elevation of 551 meter and 22 % of the area is covered with water. Within Red_Sea, total human population is about 51790408. The geographical distributions of human population and topograph are shown below: Precipitation and cloud In Red_Sea, mean annual precipitation is 112.33 (mm/year). Mean volume fraction of high level (10-14 km) cloud is about 1.5%. Mean volume fraction of mid level (5-10 km) cloud is about 3.7%. Mean volume fraction of low level (1-5 km) cloud is about 1.8%. Click the links on the left to see the details of the precipitation and cloud systems.