Fig. 2: The distribution of precipitation in monsoon lows and depressions.
From: Observed increase in the peak rain rates of monsoon depressions
Vortex-centered composites of precipitation in monsoon depressions for summer (June–September) 1979–2019 using data from a ERA5, b the high-resolution IMD (IMD0.25) dataset, c the low-resolution IMD (IMD1) dataset, d CHIRPS, and e PERSIANN. Stippling indicates the percentage by which the composite monsoon depression precipitation exceeds that of monsoon lows. Normalized histograms (bars), kernel density estimates of the probability distribution (curves), and box-whisker plots of f instantaneous and g track-accumulated precipitation for monsoon lows (purple) and monsoon depressions (red), all averaged over 8° circles around the vortex center with ERA5 precipitation. For the box-whisker plots, the vertical black line indicates the median, box boundaries indicate the 25th and 75th percentiles, whiskers indicate the 5th and 95th percentiles, and the solid square represents the mean.
