Journal article
Projections of heavy rainfall over the central United States based on CMIP5 models
Atmospheric science letters, Vol.14(3), pp.200-205
07/2013
DOI: 10.1002/asl2.440
Abstract
The central United States is a region for which observational studies have indicated an increase in heavy rainfall. This study uses projections of daily rainfall from 20 state‐of‐the‐art global climate models and one scenario [representative concentration pathway (RCP) 8.5] to examine projected changes in extreme rainfall. Analyses are performed focusing on trends in the 90th and 99th percentiles of the daily rainfall distributions for two periods (2006–2045 and 2046–2085). These results indicate a large increase in extreme rainfall mostly over the northern part of the region, with a much less clear signal over the Great Plains and states along the Gulf of Mexico.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Projections of heavy rainfall over the central United States based on CMIP5 models
- Creators
- Gabriele Villarini - University of IowaEnrico Scoccimarro - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e VulcanologiaSilvio Gualdi - Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Atmospheric science letters, Vol.14(3), pp.200-205
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
- DOI
- 10.1002/asl2.440
- ISSN
- 1530-261X
- eISSN
- 1530-261X
- Number of pages
- 6
- Grant note
- USACE Institute for Water Resources Ministry for Environment, Land and Sea IIHR‐Hydroscience and Engineering Iowa Flood Center Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 07/2013
- Academic Unit
- Civil and Environmental Engineering; IIHR--Hydroscience and Engineering
- Record Identifier
- 9984197112102771
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