Future changes to the intensity and frequency of short‐duration extreme rainfall

S Westra, HJ Fowler, JP Evans… - Reviews of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Evidence that extreme rainfall intensity is increasing at the global scale has strengthened
considerably in recent years. Research now indicates that the greatest increases are likely …

Meteorological aspects of heavy precipitation in relation to floods–an overview

AJ Breugem, JG Wesseling, K Oostindie… - Earth-Science …, 2020 - Elsevier
Floods do have multiple aspects: they are integral phenomena by nature. In this paper we
deal with the meteorological aspects, which need to be adequately understood in order to …

Changing structure of European precipitation: Longer wet periods leading to more abundant rainfalls

O Zolina, C Simmer, SK Gulev… - Geophysical Research …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Analysis of the duration of wet spells (consequent days with significant precipitation) in
Europe and associated precipitation is performed over the period 1950–2008 using daily …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in the duration of European wet and dry spells during the last 60 years

O Zolina, C Simmer, K Belyaev, SK Gulev… - Journal of …, 2013 - journals.ametsoc.org
Changes in the Duration of European Wet and Dry Spells during the Last 60 Years in:
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Hourly storm characteristics along the US West Coast: Role of atmospheric rivers in extreme precipitation

MA Lamjiri, MD Dettinger, FM Ralph… - Geophysical Research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Gridded hourly precipitation observations over the conterminous US, from 1948 to 2002, are
analyzed to determine climatological characteristics of storm precipitation totals. Despite …

[HTML][HTML] Time-dependent changes in extreme-precipitation return-period amounts in the continental United States

AT DeGaetano - Journal of Applied Meteorology and …, 2009 - journals.ametsoc.org
Partial-duration maximum precipitation series from Historical Climatology Network stations
are used as a basis for assessing trends in extreme-precipitation recurrence-interval …

[HTML][HTML] Global and regional projected changes in 100-yr subdaily, daily, and multiday precipitation extremes estimated from three large ensembles of climate …

JL Martel, A Mailhot, F Brissette - Journal of Climate, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
Many studies have reported projected increases in the frequency and intensity of extreme
precipitation events in a warmer future climate. These results challenge the assumption of …

Spatial–temporal changes of precipitation structure across the Pearl River basin, China

Q Zhang, VP Singh, J Peng, YD Chen, J Li - Journal of Hydrology, 2012 - Elsevier
Using daily precipitation data covering 1960–2005 from 42 stations across the Pearl River
basin, precipitation indices, defined by annual total precipitation amount, annual total rainy …

Global precipitation system scale increased from 2001 to 2020

Y Zhang, K Wang - Journal of Hydrology, 2023 - Elsevier
How precipitation responds to global warming has drawn much interest from the scientific
community. However, as one of the important properties of precipitation, changes in the …

Spatio-temporal variations of precipitation in arid and semiarid regions of China: The Yellow River basin as a case study

Q Zhang, J Peng, VP Singh, J Li, YD Chen - Global and Planetary Change, 2014 - Elsevier
Daily precipitation data from 64 precipitation gauging stations within the Yellow River basin
were analyzed by defining 17 precipitation indices with the aim to investigate space and …