Climatology and Interannual Variability of Quasi-Global Intense Precipitation Using Satellite Observations.

ABSTRACT: Climatology and variations of recent mean and intense precipitation over a near global (50°S-50°N) domain on a monthly and annual time scale are analyzed. Data used to derive daily precipitation to examine the effects of spatial and temporal coverage of intense precipitation are the current Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) 3B42 Version 7 precipitation product, with high spatial and temporal resolution during 1998-2013. Intense precipitation is defined by several different parameters, such as a 95^th percentile threshold of daily precipitation, a mean precipitation that exceeds that percentile or a fixed threshold of daily precipitation value (e.g., 25 and 50 mm day^-1). All parameters are used to identify the main

SUBMITTER: Ricko M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7430205 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature