articleWater Resources ResearchMay 9, 2019Closed access

Global and Regional Increase of Precipitation Extremes Under Global Warming

SMSimon Michael PapalexiouAMAlberto Montanari

University of Saskatchewan · Global Institute for Water Security · +1 more institution

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Abstract

Abstract Global warming is expected to change the regime of extreme precipitation. Physical laws translate increasing atmospheric heat into increasing atmospheric water content that drives precipitation changes. Within the literature, general agreement is that extreme precipitation is changing, yet different assessment methods, data sets, and study periods may result in different patterns and rates of change. Here we perform a global analysis of 8,730 daily precipitation records focusing on the 1964–2013 period when the global warming accelerates. We introduce a novel analysis of the N largest extremes in records having N complete years within the study period. Based on these extremes, which represent more…

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  • Precipitation
  • Climatology
  • Magnitude (astronomy)
  • Environmental science
  • Global warming
  • Climate change
  • Period (music)
  • Global change
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Clean water and sanitation
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