Monsoon activity and heavy precipitation over Middle and Southern area of Vietnam (from 1997 – 2002)
Dr. Nguyen Thi Tan Thanh (1)
(1) Aero – Meteorological Observatoty of National Hydro-Meteorological Service of Ministry of Resourses and Environment, S.R. Vietnam
Vietnam is a country in the monsoon activity area. In winter the cold air can give their affect upto southern part of Vietnam. In summer the south – west monsoon impact will be observed over southern and middle area. When monsoon system will interact with other synoptic system for example typhoon, tropical depression, ITCZ etc ... the weather in this area in most of the cases will be especially affected. Heavy rainfall or very heavy rainfall have been recorded, sometimes it reached to the historical disaster. During period from 1997 to 2002 over the Middle and Southern area of Vietnam has been observed 63 heavy precipitation events. Base on the analyzing of synoptic situations, their affected area and the resulted quantative dayly rainfall, the precipitation variation could be noticed and must be considered during forecasting service and as some special characteristic of monsoon activity in Vietnam.
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Dr. Nguyen Thi Tan Thanh
30-Jul-04-19:15:25
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Aero – Meteorological Observatoty of National Hydro-Meteorological Service of Ministry of Resourses and Environment, S.R. Vietnam
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