Scaling and trends of hourly precipitation extremes in two different climate zones – Hong Kong and the Netherlands
Hourly precipitation extremes in very long time series from the Hong Kong Observatory and the Netherlands are investigated. Using the 2 m dew point temperature from 4 h before the rainfall event as a measure of near surface absolute humidity, hourly precipitation extremes closely follow a 14% per degree dependency – a scaling twice as large as following from the Clausius-Clapeyron relation. However, for dew point temperatures above 23 °C no significant dependency on humidity was found. Strikingly, in spite of the large difference in climate, results are almost identical in Hong Kong and the Ne... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2011 |
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Copernicus Publications
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Schlagwörter: | article / Verlagsveröffentlichung |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26810801 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-15-3033-2011 |