This paper focuses on the investigation of the
rainfall variations due to twin typhoons Saola and Damrey occurred in 2012 over Northwest Pacific Ocean (NPO). Genesis
and landfall of the two typhoons are on the same day, however the track and
rainfall area are different. We have chosen the Global Precipitation
Climatology Project (GPCP) and Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) data
for this analysis. The results are illustrating as follows: typhoon Saola
produced higher rainfall than typhoon Damery. The rainfall pattern of typhoon
Saola having sufficient affect typhoon Damrey rainfall over the ocean, however
after landfall produced rainfall over the land. Comparison of two rainfall data
sets revealing that TRMM data is better for identifying heavy rainfall due to
typhoon.
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