Open AccessTotal 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