Climatology of precipitation and clouds over JAPAN_SEA
JAPAN SEA

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

Topography and population JAPAN_SEA has a mean elevation of 9 meter and 95 % of the area is covered with water. Within JAPAN_SEA, total human population is about 54639832. The geographical distributions of human population and topograph are shown below: Precipitation and cloud In JAPAN_SEA, mean annual precipitation is 1434.63 (mm/year). Mean volume fraction of high level (10-14 km) cloud is about 9.0%. Mean volume fraction of mid level (5-10 km) cloud is about 15.2%. Mean volume fraction of low level (1-5 km) cloud is about 16.8%. Click the links on the left to see the details of the precipitation and cloud systems.