Climatology of precipitation and clouds over INDONESIA_2
INDONESIA 2


General info
Precipitation
System properties
Cloud
Seasonal variation
Diurnal variation
Vertical Structure
Extreme events
Time series
  • Mean properties of precipitation system

  • During 1998-2013, total 1403949 snapshots of precipitation features with size > 80 km^2 have been collected over INDONESIA_2 , where 23843 of them have lightning flashes inside. Some mean properties of these features are listed below:
    samples (#) mean size (km^2) mean volumetric rain (mm/hr*km^2) mean echo top (km) mean 30 dBZ ehco top (km)mean flash count (#)
    All 1403949 348 1310 5.2 1.8 0.08
    DJF 400658 368 1381 5.1 1.7 0.07
    MAM 371889 325 1206 5.3 1.9 0.08
    JJA 295499 348 1296 5.1 1.7 0.07
    SON 335903 351 1352 5.4 2.0 0.11

  • Extreme rainy events
  • In all 1403949 precipitation features, top 1% ( volumetric rain > 22867 mm/hr*km^2) rainy features contribute 58 % of total rainfall. Top 100 rainiest events observed by TRMM during 1998-2013 over INDONESIA_2 are listed here . Following figure shows the location of the precipitation feautres categorized by the volumetric rainfall.


  • Extreme intense events
  • Some of the precipitation sytems are much intense with large hails and many lightning than others (see the lists of top lightning storms. Following figure shows the location of the precipitation feautres categorized by the lightning rate and 30 dBZ echo top.


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