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Total rain accumulation and rain‐rate analysis for small tropical Pacific islands: a case study of Suva, Fiji

Author(s) -

Kumar Vickal V.,

Deo Ravinesh C.,

Ramachandran Visagaperuman

Publication year - 2006

Publication title -

atmospheric science letters

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951

H-Index - 45

ISSN - 1530-261X

DOI - 10.1002/asl.131

Subject(s) - rain rate , climatology , environmental science , tropics , meteorology , geography , geology , precipitation , fishery , biology

Rain‐rate analyses using hourly data from 1990 to 2002 predict rain occurrence for ∼15% of the year while minute data for the period Apr '02–Mar '03 resolve rain‐rate more accurately and show rain occurrence of ∼2% of the year. It is estimated that <1% of the rain at the site is mainly convective. Rainfall analysis confirms its dependence on El Niño Southern Oscillation and convergence zones. Copyright © 2006 Royal Meteorological Society

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