Flood Hydroclimatological Analysis

DFO1999-078

Flooding: 09/15/99-09/18/99

Southern China-Typhoon York

(1) 7 Day Precipitation History

TRMM TMI Quick Look Images, subsetted at Dartmouth from global mosaics prepared by Chris Kidd, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center

Comments:

Flooding was due to landfall of Typhoon York and the distribution and timing of the associated intense rainfall is shown by TRMM TMI data for 9/15 and 9/16

In these images:

Rainfall and snowfall: yellow and white areas (yellowish white is highest intensity precipitation)

Oceans: light blue (low water vapour) to dark blue (high water vapour)

More information: http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/data/quicklook/

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