Climatology of precipitation and clouds over Indian_Ocean
Indian Ocean

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

Topography and population Indian_Ocean has a mean elevation of 0 meter and 99 % of the area is covered with water. Within Indian_Ocean, total human population is about 321994. The geographical distributions of human population and topograph are shown below: Precipitation and cloud In Indian_Ocean, mean annual precipitation is 1395.83 (mm/year). Mean volume fraction of high level (10-14 km) cloud is about 11.1%. Mean volume fraction of mid level (5-10 km) cloud is about 9.2%. Mean volume fraction of low level (1-5 km) cloud is about 13.1%. Click the links on the left to see the details of the precipitation and cloud systems.