Climatology of precipitation and clouds over TRMM region
(180W-180E 36S-36N)

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

Topography and population TRMM region has a mean elevation of 193 meter and 72 % of the area is covered with water. Within TRMM region, total human population is about 5192754688. The geographical distributions of human population and topograph are shown below: Precipitation and cloud In TRMM region, mean annual precipitation is 975.73 (mm/year). Mean volume fraction of high level (10-14 km) cloud is about 7.9%. Mean volume fraction of mid level (5-10 km) cloud is about 9.6%. Mean volume fraction of low level (1-5 km) cloud is about 10.5%. Click the links on the left to see the details of the precipitation and cloud systems.