More frequent consecutive extreme precipitation in the dry regions of China

• Published in: International journal of climatology Vol. 42; no. 16; pp. 9583 - 9594
• Main Authors: Huang, Lirong, Du, Haibo, Dang, Yongcai, He, Hong S., Na, Risu, Wu, Zhengfang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 30.12.2022; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: climate warming; Clustering; consecutive extreme precipitation; Daily; dry and wet regions; Environmental risk; Extreme weather; Flood risk; Flooding; Floods; Livelihoods; Precipitation; Precipitation effects; precipitation intensity; Rainfall intensity; Regions; temporal clustering; China

Precipitation extremes occurring on consecutive days may be of crucial importance for the formation of extensive and long‐lasting flooding. Changes in such consecutive extreme precipitation (CEP) events between different regions (i.e., dry and wet regions) still remain unclear in China, which may re...