A U.S.-based analysis of the ability of the Clausius-Clapeyron relationship to explain changes in extreme rainfall with changing temperature

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 3066-3078

  Ivancic, Timothy J ^a   Shaw, Stephen B ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CONVECTION; DEW POINT; EXTREME EVENT; MOISTURE CONTENT; PHASE TRANSITION; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAINFALL; STORM;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84962747848     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015JD024288     Document Type: Article

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