… precipitation extremes are controlled by water vapor for a given temperature. At lower
temperatures, precipitation extremes … to sharp decreases in precipitation extremes. Similar scaling …

… with regional precipitation extremes; (b) … precipitation extremes; (c) changes in the
atmospheric moisture transport patterns and associated response of regional precipitation extremes …

… Abstract Relations between hourly precipitation extremes and atmospheric temperature and
… precipitation extremes in a changing climate. A dependency of hourly precipitation extremes …

… as it is the increase in humidity with global warming that underlies our confidence in the
projected increase in precipitation extremes. Now, if the relative humidity does not change the …

… Do observations and model simulations of precipitation extremes also follow this simple …
data from 1 year of daily precipitation fields, from the atmospheric component of the Geophysical …

… We then conclude with a graphical summary of the impacts of precipitation extremes,
highlighting the usefulness of this information to hydrologists and policymakers, and describe some …

… atmosphere both lead to an increase in precipitation, but on account of different effects:
atmospheric stability mainly influences the precipitation … controls the precipitation area fraction. …

… to future extreme precipitation remain a key … , extreme precipitation has been proposed to
scale with the precipitable water content in the atmosphere, which assuming relative humidity …

… than atmospheric water vapor content. We give a physical basis for how precipitation extremes
… velocity, and in the temperature when precipitation extremes occur. For the tropics, the …

… precipitation extremes and snowfall extremes respond differently from other precipitation
extremes … need to better constrain the sensitivity of tropical precipitation extremes to warming. …