Climatology of precipitation and clouds over S_CHINA_SEA
S CHINA SEA

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

Topography and population S_CHINA_SEA has a mean elevation of 33 meter and 91 % of the area is covered with water. Within S_CHINA_SEA, total human population is about 38109120. The geographical distributions of human population and topograph are shown below: Precipitation and cloud In S_CHINA_SEA, mean annual precipitation is 1459.33 (mm/year). Mean volume fraction of high level (10-14 km) cloud is about 14.1%. Mean volume fraction of mid level (5-10 km) cloud is about 11.1%. Mean volume fraction of low level (1-5 km) cloud is about 12.2%. Click the links on the left to see the details of the precipitation and cloud systems.