Sentences with phrase «annual precipitation cycle»

This makes Horta, like much of the Azores, more similar to Mediterranean (Koppen Csa / Csb) climates in its annual precipitation cycle than in most other humid subtropical climates worldwide.

Not exact matches

Predictions of the annual cycle of precipitation suggest an increase in precipitation later in the crop year (April - June) of ~ 10 % but a substantial decrease (up to 75 % at the tail) in precipitation later in the dry season (July - September).

Because the model only describes the rainy season and does not capture the annual monsoon cycle, abrupt transitions in the bistable regime can only be interpreted intraseasonally, e.g., a month of heavy rain followed by a month of extraordinarily weak precipitation.

Glaciers follow an annual cycle, melting in summer and growing in winter owing to seasonal changes in temperature and precipitation.

This is different in Andhra Pradesh state rainfall that receives rainfall during the southwest and northeast monsoons and cyclonic activity presented 132 year cycle in annual precipitation.

Annual weather and precipitation cycles affect hydropower production.