On the Robustness of Annual Daily Precipitation Maxima Estimates Over Monsoon Asia

A persistent northern boundary of Indian Summer Monsoon precipitation over Central Asia during the Holocene

Extra-tropical circulation systems impede poleward moisture advection by the Indian Summer Monsoon. In this context, the Himalayan range is believed to insulate the south Asian circulation from extra-tropical influences and to delineate the northern extent of the Indian Summer Monsoon in central Asia. Paleoclimatic evidence, however, suggests increased moisture availability in the Early Holocen...

Spatial dependences among precipitation maxima over Belgium

For a wide range of applications in hydrology, the probability distribution of precipitation maxima represents a fundamental quantity to build dykes, propose flood planning policies, or more generally, to mitigate the impact of precipitation extremes. Classical Extreme Value Theory (EVT) has been applied in this context by usually assuming that precipitation maxima can be considered as Independ...

Aerosol and monsoon climate interactions over Asia

The increasing severity of droughts/floods and worsening air quality from increasing aerosols in Asia monsoon regions are the two gravest threats facing over 60% of the world population living in Asian monsoon regions. These dual threats have fueled a large body of research in the last decade on the roles of aerosols in impacting Asian monsoon weather and climate. This paper provides a comprehe...

Average Annual Precipitation from Daily Amounts

Thrce charts of the contiguous United States show (1) thc percentage of mean annual total precipitation contributed b j daily amounts of 0.50 i ~ ] . or greater, (2) the avcragc aiinual accuniulatioi~ of these daily amounts, and (3) the arcragc annual number of days having precipitation of 0.50 in. or greater.

A preliminary assessment of GPM-based multi-satellite precipitation estimates over a monsoon dominated region