Characteristics of Monsoon Rainfall around the Himalayas Revealed by TRMM Precipitation Radar

Monthly Weather Review | January 1, 2005| | Copyright

ABSTRACT

The climatological features of the diurnal cycle and its spatial and temporal variability are investigated around the Himalayas using hourly, 0.05° × 0.05° grid, near-surface rainfall data from the Precipitation Radar (PR) aboard the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite during June-July-August (JJA) of 1998-2002. Though sampling errors inherent to TRMM PR measurements around the Himalayas could influence results, PR-observed precipitation features show agreement with previous studies in this region.

The analysis of precipitation characteristics presented here is ...

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