Understanding rainfall extremes

Geert Lenderink () and Hayley J. Fowler ()
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Geert Lenderink: Geert Lenderink is at the Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, The Netherlands
Hayley J. Fowler: Hayley J. Fowler is at the School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK

Nature Climate Change, 2017, vol. 7, issue 6, 391-393

Abstract: Warming induced by greenhouse gases will increase the amount of moisture in the atmosphere, causing heavier rainfall events. Changing atmospheric circulation dynamics are now shown to either amplify or weaken regional increases, contributing to uncertainty in future precipitation extremes.

Date: 2017
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