Super-Clausius-Clapeyron scaling of rainfall in a model squall line

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 139, Issue 671, 2013, Pages 334-339

  Singleton, Andrew ^a   Toumi, Ralf ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clausius Clapeyron scaling; Climate change; PMP; Probable maximum precipitation; Rainfall extremes

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION PERIODS; CLAUSIUS-CLAPEYRON SCALING; CLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONS; DESIGN PARAMETERS; EXTREME RAINFALL; PMP; PROBABLE MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION; RAINFALL EXTREMES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; STORMS;

RAIN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; FLOODING; RAINFALL; SQUALL LINE;

EID: 84875379989     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: 1477870X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.1919     Document Type: Article

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