(PESIA) Weg naar Zee 2D Seismic - Staatsolie

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PESIA Weg naar Zee 2D Seismic 2012
narrow coastal strip it is between 1,500 and 1,750 mm, and in some parts even less than 1,500
mm.
Most of the Weg naar Zee study area is within the zone with a Tropical Rainforest (Af-climate)
Climate, but going north towards the Atlantic Ocean a zone with drier conditions is met, with
average rainfall below 60 mm in one or more of the dryer months (Am-climate).
In most of the study area annual rainfall is slightly above 2,000 mm, but in the northern part the
annual rainfall averages are below 1,750 mm/year.
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Figure 4 Average monthly precipitation in the 1971-1991 period for stations within or close to the
study are
Data of the last 4 years from the Meteorological Service are available from the meteorological
station “Polder Weg naar Zee”, that is located at a few kilometers from the sea. The rainfall
pattern in this area does not differ from the long-year average of Paramaribo as is shown Table 4,
hereunder.
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Zorg & Hoop - total 2,205 mm
Cultuurtuin - total 2,166 mm
polder Weg naar Zee - total 1,463 mm