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Precipitation Extremes

Precipitation Extremes is a hydroclimatic phenomenon characterized by statistically rare events of excessive or deficient precipitation that significantly deviate from historical norms in intensity, duration, or frequency, thereby increasing the risk of floods, droughts, and watershed disturbances.

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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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Influence of extreme weather disasters on global crop production

Corey Lesk, Pedram Rowhani, Navin Ramankutty · Nature · 2016 · 3.7K 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

19.1K

  1. LV
    Lisa V. Alexander

    UNSW Sydney, Australia

    58 publications · 19.2K citations

    45

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  2. HJ
    Hayley J. Fowler

    Newcastle University, United Kingdom

    61 publications · 7.3K citations

    43

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  3. XZ
    Xuebin Zhang

    Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canada

    49 publications · 18.6K citations

    38

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  4. GV
    Gabriele Villarini

    University of Iowa, United States

    45 publications · 4K citations

    34

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  5. FW
    Francis W. Zwiers

    University of Victoria, Canada

    40 publications · 17.7K citations

    32

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Institutions

3.9K

  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    86 h-index

    1.3K publications

    78K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    77 h-index

    597 publications

    53.3K citations

  3. Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

    Nanjing, China

    70 h-index

    723 publications

    40.3K citations

  4. Met Office

    Exeter, United Kingdom

    69 h-index

    317 publications

    52.8K citations

  5. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    69 h-index

    235 publications

    43.2K citations

  6. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    68 h-index

    283 publications

    60.6K citations

  7. Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute

    De Bilt, The Netherlands

    66 h-index

    269 publications

    41.2K citations

  8. UNSW Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    65 h-index

    300 publications

    47.7K citations

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  1. International Journal of Climatology

    627 publications · 47.9K citations

    111

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  2. Journal of Climate

    312 publications · 40.8K citations

    103

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  3. Geophysical Research Letters

    316 publications · 33.5K citations

    101

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  4. Journal of Hydrology

    354 publications · 28.1K citations

    92

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  5. Water Resources Research

    183 publications · 19.7K citations

    78

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