Influences of Lake Malawi on the spatial and diurnal variability of local precipitation

Koseki, Shunya; Mooney, Priscilla A.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-2795-2019

Articles | Volume 23, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-2795-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-2795-2019

© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 7

Research article

|

05 Jul 2019

Research article |

| 05 Jul 2019

Influences of Lake Malawi on the spatial and diurnal variability of local precipitation

Shunya Koseki and Priscilla A. Mooney

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-23-2795-2019-supplement

Data sets

TRMM Data Downloads NASA https://pmm.nasa.gov/data-access/downloads/trmm

GPM Data Downloads NASA https://pmm.nasa.gov/data-access/downloads/gpm

Short summary

This study revealed that Lake Malawi plays an important role for local precipitation in terms of spatial distribution and diurnal cycle in boreal summer (November to March). The diurnal cycle is detected by harmonics analysis and empirical orthogonal function analysis. An idealized simulation of WRF without Lake Malawi clearly showed that Lake Malawi is a source of local precipitation.