Scaling and trends of hourly precipitation extremes in two different climate zones - Hong Kong and the Netherlands

Hydrology and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3033-3041

  Lenderink, G ^a   Mok, H Y ^b   Lee, T C ^b   Van Oldenborgh, G J ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b HONG KONG OBSERVATORY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSOLUTE HUMIDITY; CLAUSIUS CLAPEYRON RELATION; DEW POINTS; DEWPOINT TEMPERATURE; HONG KONG OBSERVATORIES; HONG-KONG; HUMIDITY CHANGE; INTERDECADAL; LONG TIME SERIES; LONG-TERM TREND; NEAR-SURFACE; NETHERLANDS; PRECIPITATION EXTREMES; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL EVENT; TIME-SCALES; WET SEASON;

TIME SERIES;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DATA SET; DECADAL VARIATION; DEW POINT; EXTREME EVENT; HUMIDITY; OBSERVATORY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SEASONALITY; TIME SERIES; TREND ANALYSIS;

CHINA; HONG KONG; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 80053474791     PISSN: 10275606     EISSN: 16077938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/hess-15-3033-2011     Document Type: Article

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