Precipitating Cloud Characteristics during Changma as Seen in TRMM PR Observations

Figure 8

Climatological anomaly propagation of the total rain amount for (a) convective and (b) stratiform rain clouds and of mean rain intensity for (c) convective and (d) stratiform rain clouds in the 2-dimensional space with time (Julian day) and latitude. The two vertical lines represent the beginning and end dates of the climatological period for Changma.

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