Anthropogenic intensification of short-duration rainfall extremes

HJ Fowler, G Lenderink, AF Prein, S Westra… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Abstract Short-duration (1–3 h) rainfall extremes can cause serious damage to societies
through rapidly developing (flash) flooding and are determined by complex, multifaceted …

Convection‐permitting modeling with regional climate models: Latest developments and next steps

P Lucas‐Picher, D Argüeso, E Brisson… - Wiley …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Approximately 10 years ago, convection‐permitting regional climate models (CPRCMs)
emerged as a promising computationally affordable tool to produce fine resolution (1–4 km) …

Weather and climate extreme events in a changing climate

SI Seneviratne, X Zhang, M Adnan, W Badi… - 2021 - centaur.reading.ac.uk
Caption: Table A. 11. 2. Synthesis table summarising assessments presented in Tables 11.4-
11.21 for hot extremes (HOT EXT.), heavy precipitation (HEAVY PRECIP.), agriculture and …

Advances in understanding large‐scale responses of the water cycle to climate change

RP Allan, M Barlow, MP Byrne… - Annals of the New …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, thermodynamics explains an increase in atmospheric water vapor with warming of
around 7%/° C near to the surface. In contrast, global precipitation and evaporation are …

If precipitation extremes are increasing, why aren't floods?

A Sharma, C Wasko… - Water resources research, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Despite evidence of increasing precipitation extremes, corresponding evidence for
increases in flooding remains elusive. If anything, flood magnitudes are decreasing despite …

Climate change and rainfall intensity–duration–frequency curves: Overview of science and guidelines for adaptation

JL Martel, FP Brissette, P Lucas-Picher… - Journal of Hydrologic …, 2021 - ascelibrary.org
One of the most important impacts of a future warmer climate is the projected increase in the
frequency and intensity of extreme rainfall events. This increasing trend in extreme rainfall is …

Evidence of shorter more extreme rainfalls and increased flood variability under climate change

C Wasko, R Nathan, L Stein, D O'Shea - Journal of Hydrology, 2021 - Elsevier
Increases in extreme rainfall intensities as a result of climate change pose a great risk due to
the possibility of increases in pluvial flooding, particularly in urban and developed areas. But …

[HTML][HTML] Nonstationary weather and water extremes: a review of methods for their detection, attribution, and management

LJ Slater, B Anderson, M Buechel… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2021 - hess.copernicus.org
Hydroclimatic extremes such as intense rainfall, floods, droughts, heatwaves, and wind or
storms have devastating effects each year. One of the key challenges for society is …

Large increase in global storm runoff extremes driven by climate and anthropogenic changes

J Yin, P Gentine, S Zhou, SC Sullivan, R Wang… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Weather extremes have widespread harmful impacts on ecosystems and human
communities with more deaths and economic losses from flash floods than any other severe …

[HTML][HTML] Increase in extreme precipitation events under anthropogenic warming in India

S Mukherjee, S Aadhar, D Stone, V Mishra - Weather and climate extremes, 2018 - Elsevier
India has witnessed some of the most devastating extreme precipitation events, which have
affected urban transportation, agriculture, and infrastructure. Despite the profound …