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Dominant change pattern of extreme precipitation and its potential causes in Shandong Province, China

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2022
Due to global warming, global and regional extreme precipitation events occur frequently, causing severe drought and flood disasters. This has a significant impact on productivity and human life.
Jun Xia   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Associations between extreme precipitation and childhood hand, foot and mouth disease in urban and rural areas in Hefei, China [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background\ud \ud Understanding the relationship between extreme weather events and childhood hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) is important in the context of climate change.
Huihui Yang   +17 more
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The critical decade: extreme weather [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
When extreme weather events occur the Climate Commission is consistently asked questions about the link to climate change. This report unpacks our current knowledge about different types of extreme weather events: extreme temperatures, rainfall ...

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Climatology of Vb cyclones, physical mechanisms and their impact on extreme precipitation over Central Europe [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Cyclones, which develop over the western Mediterranean and move northeastward are a major source of extreme weather and known to be responsible for heavy precipitation over the northern side of the Alpine range and Central Europe.
Raible, C. C.   +5 more
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Modeling the effects of extreme precipitation on groundwater resource components of Dagu aquifer in China

open access: yesJournal of Hydrology: Regional Studies
Study Region: Dagu aquifer is a water resource area and situated in the northwest of Qingdao, China. Study Focus: Investigating effects of extreme precipitation on groundwater resource is vital for sustainability of water resource and ecosystem. However,
Pengpeng Zhou   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Extreme precipitation changes in relation to urbanization

open access: yesnpj Natural Hazards
The rising frequency of extreme precipitation is a major concern linked to climate change, commonly associated with increased atmospheric water vapor due to global warming. In densely populated areas, intense rainfall has particularly severe impacts, with urbanization amplifying extreme weather through changes in land surface and local atmospheric ...
Guccione, Alice   +5 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Extreme precipitation drives groundwater recharge [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Future extreme precipitation (EP, daily rainfall amount over certain thresholds) is projected to increase with global climate change; however, its effect on groundwater recharge has not been fully explored.

core   +1 more source

Changes in hydrological extremes and climate variability in the Severn Uplands [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Hydrological extremes within the UK have increased in intensity, frequency andpersistence over recent years and are predicted to increase in variability throughout the 21stcentury.
Biggs, Eloise M., Biggs, Eloise M
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Assessment of apparent nonstationarity in time series of annual inflow, daily precipitation, and atmospheric circulation indices: A case study from southwest Western Australia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The southwest region of Western Australia has experienced a sustained sequence of low annual inflows to major water supply dams over the past 30 years. Until recently, the dominant interpretation of this phenomenon has been predicated on the existence of
Richard E. Chandler   +7 more
core   +1 more source

What Distinguishes Summer Extreme Precipitation From Non‐Extreme Precipitation Over the Tibetan Plateau?

open access: yesGeophysical Research Letters
This study focuses on the primary synoptic‐scale patterns and precursors of extreme and non‐extreme precipitation over the Tibetan Plateau (TP). Atmospheric circulation anomalies and their precursors associated with regional extreme precipitation events (
Zhiyuan Ding   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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