Understanding changes in short-duration rainfall extremes under global warming: The GEWEX cross-cut on sub-daily rainfall extremes (INTENSE)

Hayley J Fowler1, Elizabeth Kendon2, Steven Chan3, Stephen Blenkinsop1, Nigel M Roberts4, Elizabeth Lewis5, Renaud Barbero5, Xiaofeng Li6, Selma Guerreiro5, Geert Lenderink7 and Caspar Julian Manser Hewett3, (1)Newcastle University, School of Engineering, Newcastle, United Kingdom, (2)Met Office Hadley center for Climate Change, Exeter, United Kingdom, (3)Newcastle University, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom, (4)MetOffice@Reading, Reading, United Kingdom, (5)Newcastle University, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom, (6)Institute of Soil and Rock Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Soil and Rock Mechanics, Wuhan, China, (7)Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, Netherlands