Trends of rainfall regime in Peninsular Malaysia during northeast and southwest monsoons

The trends of rainfall regime in Peninsular Malaysia is mainly affected by the seasonal monsoon. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of northeast and southwest monsoons on the monthly rainfall patterns over Badenoch Estate, Kedah. In addition, the synoptic maps of wind vector also bei...

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Published in:Journal of physics. Conference series 2018-04, Vol.995 (1), p.12122
Main Author: Tan, Kok Chooi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Annual precipitation
Annual rainfall
Data acquisition
Malaysia
Monsoons
Physics
Rain gauges
Rainfall
Trends
wind
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Summary:The trends of rainfall regime in Peninsular Malaysia is mainly affected by the seasonal monsoon. The aim of this study is to investigate the impact of northeast and southwest monsoons on the monthly rainfall patterns over Badenoch Estate, Kedah. In addition, the synoptic maps of wind vector also being developed to identify the wind pattern over Peninsular Malaysia from 2007 - 2016. On the other hand, the archived daily rainfall data is acquired from Malaysian Meteorological Department. The temporal and trends of the monthly and annual rainfall over the study area have been analysed from 2007 to 2016. Overall, the average annual precipitation over the study area from 2007 to 2016 recorded by rain gauge is 2562.35 mm per year.
ISSN:1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/995/1/012122