FIGURE E5. Areal estimates of monthly mean precipitation amounts (mm, solid lines) and precipitation percentiles (%, bars) for the most recent 13 months obtained from a merge of raingauge observations and satellite-derived precipitation estimates (Janowiak and Xie 1999, J. Climate, 12, 3335�3342). The monthly precipitation climatology (mm, dashed lines) is from the 1979�2000 base period monthly means. Monthly percentiles are not shown if the monthly mean is less than 5 mm.