Understanding the regional pattern of projected future changes in extreme precipitation

S. Pfahl (), P. A. O’Gorman and E. M. Fischer
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S. Pfahl: Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich
P. A. O’Gorman: Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
E. M. Fischer: Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich

Nature Climate Change, 2017, vol. 7, issue 6, 423-427

Abstract: Regional projections of daily extreme precipitation are uncertain, but can be decomposed into thermodynamic and dynamic contributions to improve understanding. While thermodynamics alone uniformly increase extreme precipitation, dynamical processes introduce regional variations.

Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3287

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