Journal of Science and Science Education
Vol 2 No 1 (2018): JoSSE Vol. 2 No. 1 (May 2018)

Characteristics of daily rainfall over the Maritime Continent

Suaydhi Suaydhi (Centre for Atmospheric Science and Technology (PSTA) – LAPAN)



Article Info

Publish Date
19 Jul 2018

Abstract

Daily rainfall characteristics is important in the anticipation of natural hazard events, such as floods and landslides. In this study, daily rainfall data from the Global Precipitation Climatology Project One Degree Daily (GPCP1DD) dataset are used to analyze the rainfall frequency, intensity and extreme rainfall indicators over the Indonesian Maritime Continent. A threshold of 1 mm is used to define a wet day. The analysis is conducted over the whole domain and several sub domains. It is revealed that the rainfall patterns over Indonesia are shaped by the frequency distribution of rainfall intensity over different seasons. Heavy rainfall (greater than 15 mm/day) generally determines the rainfall peak season over a specific region. It is also shown that the land areas receive more frequent and more intense rainfall than the ocean areas.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

josse

Publisher

Subject

Biochemistry, Genetics & Molecular Biology Chemistry Computer Science & IT Mathematics Physics

Description

The Journal of Science & Science Education (JoSSE) publishes academic articles of conceptual, experimental, philosophical, theoretical and applied results, and reviews in the field of mathematics and natural sciences from the following subject areas: - Biology & Biology Education - Chemistry & ...