Daily images of rainfall and sea surface temperature observed by TRMM, and satellite orbit information can be found at "Monitoring" page. Information of events such as heavy rainfall and El Nino is archived at "Topics" page.
Stratiform/convective rain distribution during June-August
Convective surface rain [mm/30days]
Stratiform surface rain [mm/30days]
Ratio of stratiform surface rain [%]
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Convective surface rain (upper panel), stratiform surface rain (middle panel), and ratio of stratiform surface rain amount to total surface rain amount (bottom panel) during June, July, and August.
The data period is 16 years from 1998 to 2013. Unit is mm/30days.
In the bottom panel, areas where annual total surface rain amount is less than 600mm/year are masked.