Complexity in estimating past and future extreme short-duration rainfall

X Zhang, FW Zwiers, G Li, H Wan, AJ Cannon - Nature Geoscience, 2017 - nature.com
Warming of the climate is now unequivocal. The water holding capacity of the atmosphere
increases by about 7% per° C of warming, which in turn raises the expectation of more …

Climate change impact on flood and extreme precipitation increases with water availability

H Tabari - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The hydrological cycle is expected to intensify with global warming, which likely increases
the intensity of extreme precipitation events and the risk of flooding. The changes, however …

Overview of observed Clausius-Clapeyron scaling of extreme precipitation in midlatitudes

M Martinkova, J Kysely - Atmosphere, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper presents an overview of recent observational studies on the Clausius-Clapeyron
precipitation-temperature (PT) scaling in midlatitudes. As the capacity of air to hold moisture …

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 …

Does the hook structure constrain future flood intensification under anthropogenic climate warming?

J Yin, S Guo, P Gentine, SC Sullivan… - Water Resources …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric moisture holding capacity increases with temperature by about 7% per° C
according to the Clausius‐Clapeyron relationship. Thermodynamically then, precipitation …

South America climate change revealed through climate indices projected by GCMs and Eta-RCM ensembles

MS Reboita, CAC Kuki, VH Marrafon, CA de Souza… - Climate Dynamics, 2022 - Springer
Studies that evaluate climate change projections over the whole of South America (SA) and
including different seasons and models are scarce. In this context, the objective of this work …

Large anomalies in future extreme precipitation sensitivity driven by atmospheric dynamics

L Gu, J Yin, P Gentine, HM Wang, LJ Slater… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Increasing atmospheric moisture content is expected to intensify precipitation extremes
under climate warming. However, extreme precipitation sensitivity (EPS) to temperature is …

Scaling precipitation extremes with temperature in the Mediterranean: past climate assessment and projection in anthropogenic scenarios

P Drobinski, ND Silva, G Panthou, S Bastin, C Muller… - Climate dynamics, 2018 - Springer
In this study we investigate the scaling of precipitation extremes with temperature in the
Mediterranean region by assessing against observations the present day and future …

Sensitivity of extreme precipitation to temperature: the variability of scaling factors from a regional to local perspective

K Schröer, G Kirchengast - Climate Dynamics, 2018 - Springer
Potential increases in extreme rainfall induced hazards in a warming climate have motivated
studies to link precipitation intensities to temperature. Increases exceeding the Clausius …

Atmospheric moisture measurements explain increases in tropical rainfall extremes

TP Roderick, C Wasko, A Sharma - Geophysical Research …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic climate change is increasing extreme rainfall as a result of an increased
water‐holding capacity of the atmosphere due to higher temperatures. However, observed …