A study of twentieth-century extreme rainfall events in the United Kingdom with implications for forecasting

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  • William H. Hand
  • Neil I. Fox
  • Christopher G. Collier
چکیده

Rainfall events in the United Kingdom during the twentieth century have been surveyed and those identified as extreme by the Flood Studies Report (1975) standards have been examined for common features. Events of duration up to 60 hours were considered in order to investigate those that could cause flash floods. More than half of the 50 events identified were short-period convective storms. The rainfall events were classified by meteorological situation, location and season, allowing the identification of conditions under which extreme rainfall occurred.

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تاریخ انتشار 2004