Fig. 10: Variations of area and rainfall flux of a DCS throughout its lifetime, which is the same DCS as shown in Fig. 9. | npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

Fig. 10: Variations of area and rainfall flux of a DCS throughout its lifetime, which is the same DCS as shown in Fig. 9.

From: Large effects of fine and coarse aerosols on tropical deep convective systems throughout their lifecycle

Fig. 10: Variations of area and rainfall flux of a DCS throughout its lifetime, which is the same DCS as shown in Fig. 9.

The rainfall flux is equal to the rainfall rate by the area, and the rainfall amount is determined by accumulating this flux throughout the total lifecycle. In this case, the period from 18:30 to 20:30 marks the development stage, the period from 21:00 to 2:00 is the attenuation stage, and the period from 2:30 to 4:30 marks the dissipation stage. The values in parentheses represent the average value over the lifecycle.

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