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The INTENSE project: using observations and models to understand the past, present and future of sub-daily rainfall extremes

Stephen Blenkinsop, Hayley J. Fowler, Renaud Barbero, Steven Chan, Selma B. Guerreiro, Elizabeth Kendon, Geert Lenderink, Elizabeth Lewis, Xiaofeng Li, Seth Westra, Lisa V. Alexander, Richard P. Allan, Peter Berg, Robert Dunn, Marie Ekström, Jason P. Evans, Greg J. Holland, Richard Jones, Erik Kjellström, Albert Klein Tank, Dennis P. Lettenmaier, Vimal Mishra, Andreas F. Prein, Justin Sheffield, Mari R. Tye

Advances in science and research · 2018

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Abstract. Historical in situ sub-daily rainfall observations are essential for the understanding of short-duration rainfall extremes but records are typically not readily accessible and data are often subject to errors and inhomogeneities. Furthermore, these events are poorly quantified in projections of future climate change making adaptation to the risk of flash flooding problematic. Consequently, knowledge of the processes contributing to intense, short-duration rainfall is less complete compared with those on daily timescales. The INTENSE project is addressing this global challenge by undertaking a data collection initiative that is coupled with advances in high-resolution climate modelling to better understand key processes and likely future change. The project has so far acquired dat

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Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.5194/asr-15-117-2018
Catalogue ID
SNmokeh31t-dxd1uv
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