The structural characteristics of precipitation in Asian-Pacific’s three monsoon regions measured by tropical rainfall measurement mission

LI Jiangnan; ZHENG Yanping; LI Fangzhou; GUO Feiyun; LI Weibiao

doi:10.1007/s13131-014-0417-6

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LI Jiangnan, ZHENG Yanping, LI Fangzhou, GUO Feiyun, LI Weibiao. The structural characteristics of precipitation in Asian-Pacific’s three monsoon regions measured by tropical rainfall measurement mission[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2014, 33(3): 111-117. doi: 10.1007/s13131-014-0417-6

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LI Jiangnan, ZHENG Yanping, LI Fangzhou, GUO Feiyun, LI Weibiao. The structural characteristics of precipitation in Asian-Pacific’s three monsoon regions measured by tropical rainfall measurement mission[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2014, 33(3): 111-117. doi: 10.1007/s13131-014-0417-6

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LI Jiangnan, ZHENG Yanping, LI Fangzhou, GUO Feiyun, LI Weibiao. The structural characteristics of precipitation in Asian-Pacific’s three monsoon regions measured by tropical rainfall measurement mission[J]. Acta Oceanologica Sinica, 2014, 33(3): 111-117. doi: 10.1007/s13131-014-0417-6

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The structural characteristics of precipitation in Asian-Pacific’s three monsoon regions measured by tropical rainfall measurement mission

doi: 10.1007/s13131-014-0417-6

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Department of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
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Department of Atmospheric Sciences, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China;Meteorological Information Center of Guangdong Province, Guangzhou 510080, China
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Baiyun District Bureau of Meteorology, Guangzhou 510410, China

Received Date: 2012-12-18
Rev Recd Date: 2013-04-15

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Abstract

The three-dimensional structure of precipitation on a seasonal scale in the Asian-Pacific's three monsoon regions is investigated based on the tropical rainfall measurement mission (TRMM) data. The results show that: (1) The maximum seasonal variation of the relative proportional difference of convective precipitation and stratiform rain occurs in the East Asian monsoon region, the second occurs in the Indian monsoon region, and the minimum is in the northwest Pacific monsoon region. In both the northwest Pacific monsoon region and the Indian monsoon region, the convective rain is proportionately larger than stratiform rain in all four seasons. (2) Cloud ice reaches its maximum at around 9 km. Cloud water's maximum range is between 3 and 4 km. The large value area of precipitation ice is mainly between 4 and 9 km. The precipitation water particle is concentrated mostly below 4 km. The largest content is from the ground to 2 km. (3) The most remarkable variance of the content of cloud ice in the Indian monsoon region occurs from spring to winter, and the content of cloud water in the northwest Pacific is always higher than that in the other two regions. (4) The latent heat profile has a similar double-peak structure. The first peak is at 4 km and the second peak is at 2 km. In autumn and winter, the latent heat is higher in the northwest Pacific than in other two regions. In all three regions, the release of the latent heat is higher in summer and autumn than in spring and winter.
- precipitation,
- three-dimensional structures,
- Asian-Pacific monsoon region,
- TRMM

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