Abstract:Abstract. Extreme precipitation is a weather phenomenon with tremendous damaging potential for property and human life. As the intensity and frequency of such events is projected to increase in a warming climate, there is an urgent need to advance the existing knowledge on extreme precipitation processes, statistics and impacts across scales. To this end, a working group within the German-based project ClimXtreme, has been established to carry out multidisciplinary analyses of high-impact events. In this work,… Show more
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