Decreasing precipitation extremes at higher temperatures in tropical regions

Natural Hazards

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 935-941

  Maeda, Eduardo Eiji ^a,b   Utsumi, Nobuyuki ^c   Oki, Taikan ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clausius Clapeyron; Extreme events; Precipitation intensity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; DIURNAL VARIATION; EXTREME EVENT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; TIMESCALE; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT; TROPOSPHERE;

BRAZIL;

EID: 84866014519     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0222-5     Document Type: Article

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