As part of the investigations of the experiment TRMM/LBA in Amazônia, measurements of the rain were obtained in a pasture site. In this work precipitation distribution were analyzed during the period from January 10 to February 28, 1999 (wet season). The monthly totals of precipitation for the period were 322.3 and 468.6 mm for January and February, respectively. The analyses of the frequency distribution for the events lower than 1 mm.h-1 and higher than 1, 3, 5, 10, 15 and 20 mm.h-1 showed different time distribution. The events lower than 1 mm.h-1 presented a more regular temporary distribution, even representing only 3% of the total volume of precipitation (27 mm). The events with precipitation above 1, 3, 5 mm.h-1 presented a similar pattern among them, and the most frequent cases ocurred during late afternoon. Those events represented about 97, 91 and 86% of the total of the precipitation, respectively. Finally, the events above 10, 15 and 20 mm.h-1 represented 73, 68 and 62% of the total of the precipitation respectively, and the largest relative frequencies concentrated among 2 up to 4 HL and 15 up to 17 HL. The rainfall observed can be classified in 2 distint system: local convection and mesoscale convective system, which provoke peaks at 16 LT and 4 LT, respectively.
Rain; Amazonia; Daily cycle