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Extreme Precipitation

Extreme Precipitation is a hydrometeorological phenomenon characterized by rainfall or snowfall events that significantly exceed the typical intensity or accumulation thresholds for a given region and duration, thereby posing a heightened risk of hydrological hazards.

6.1K

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434.8K

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14.5K

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3.1K

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The climate hazards infrared precipitation with stations—a new environmental record for monitoring extremes

Chris Funk, Pete Peterson, M. F. Landsfeld et al. · Scientific Data · 2015 · 6.1K citations · Full text

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Global observed changes in daily climate extremes of temperature and precipitation

Lisa V. Alexander, Xiaodan Zhang, T. C. Peterson et al. · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2006 · 4.5K citations · Full text

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Changes in precipitation with climate change

Kevin E. Trenberth · Climate Research · 2010 · 3.8K citations · Full text

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The Changing Character of Precipitation

Kevin E. Trenberth, Aiguo Dai, Roy M. Rasmussen et al. · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society · 2003 · 3.2K citations · Full text

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A decade of weather extremes

Dim Coumou, Stefan Rahmstorf · Nature Climate Change · 2012 · 2.3K citations

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Authors

14.5K

  1. HJ
    Hayley J. Fowler

    Newcastle University, United Kingdom

    57 publications · 7.4K citations

    42

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  2. XZ
    Xuebin Zhang

    Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada

    45 publications · 14.9K citations

    36

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  3. GL
    Geert Lenderink

    Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, Netherlands

    38 publications · 6.3K citations

    32

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  4. LV
    Lisa V. Alexander

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    39 publications · 16K citations

    32

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  5. FW
    Francis W. Zwiers

    University of Victoria, Canada

    34 publications · 14K citations

    30

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Institutions

3.1K

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    70 h-index

    959 publications

    47.3K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    61 h-index

    424 publications

    37.2K citations

  3. Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

    Nanjing, China

    60 h-index

    512 publications

    26.9K citations

  4. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    60 h-index

    220 publications

    52.2K citations

  5. Met Office

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    57 h-index

    236 publications

    37.7K citations

  6. Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute

    De Bilt, The Netherlands

    56 h-index

    229 publications

    35.8K citations

  7. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    56 h-index

    173 publications

    33.4K citations

  8. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    56 h-index

    365 publications

    18.7K citations

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Venues

  1. International Journal of Climatology

    414 publications · 32.1K citations

    94

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  2. Geophysical Research Letters

    219 publications · 24.1K citations

    87

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  3. Journal of Climate

    214 publications · 27.7K citations

    82

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  4. Journal of Hydrology

    208 publications · 16.3K citations

    68

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  5. Water Resources Research

    129 publications · 14.8K citations

    63

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