Host: The Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources
An estimation method to calculate Probable Maximum Precipitation based on satellite based precipitation data is proposed. In the method, the cloud cluster from the global precipitation data from satellite is extracted. The region where the cloud cluster is generated easily is specified. In addition, 11 regions where the cloud cluster is generated easily were selected to compare the cloud cluster and precipitation. Two method of estimating PMP for one month was proposed by using a regression line between the monthly averaged frequency of cloud cluster and monthly averaged rainfall, most effective cloud clusters and the maximum frequency of cloud cluster. The PMP of November in Malay Peninsula was estimated as 531 mm/mon.
