Rarest rainfall events will see the greatest relative increase in magnitude under future climate change

Gaby Joanne Gründemann; Nick van de Giesen; Lukas Brunner; Ruud van der Ent

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00558-8

Communications Earth & Environment (Oct 2022)

Rarest rainfall events will see the greatest relative increase in magnitude under future climate change

Gaby Joanne Gründemann,
Nick van de Giesen,
Lukas Brunner,
Ruud van der Ent

Affiliations

Gaby Joanne Gründemann: Department of Water Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geoscience, Delft University of Technology
Nick van de Giesen: Department of Water Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geoscience, Delft University of Technology
Lukas Brunner: Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich
Ruud van der Ent: Department of Water Management, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geoscience, Delft University of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00558-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The magnitude of extreme rainfall events is likely to increase in the future to a greater extent for the most extreme events than for the common extremes, according to 25 CMIP6 model predictions.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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