Climatology of precipitation and clouds over N_CHINA
N CHINA

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

sizes and depths of precipitation systems Over N_CHINA , mean size of precipitation system about 392.9 (km^2) and mean maximum radar echo top height of these precipitation systems is about 5.4 km. Following figure shows the cumulative distribution of the sizes and depths of the precipitation systems in different seasons: rainfall contribution from precipitation systems with different sizes and depths Though usually there are more small systems, the larger systems would bring more total precipitation.