Table 1.

rainfall variables derived TRMM 3B42 data

Variable	Description
ew	early wet season (December to February) accumulated rainfall [mm/season/location]
ehw	early plus high wet season (December to March) accumulated rainfall [mm/season/location]
cw	complete wet season (December to May) accumulated rainfall [mm/season/location]
hw	high wet season (January to March) accumulated rainfall [mm/season/location]
lw	late wet season (March to May) accumulated rainfall [mm/season/location]
mr	the monthly accumulated rainfall [mm/month/location]
md	location specific deviation of the monthly accumulated rainfall from the average monthly accumulated rainfall at a location [mm/month/location]
dba	location specific accumulated number of days below daily average rainfall in days
daa	location specific accumulated number of days above daily average rainfall in days
mda	location specific consecutive number of months of positive or negative deviation from the average monthly accumulated rainfall as +/- consecutive number of months