Detection of continental-scale intensification of hourly rainfall extremes and implications for future changes
Hayley J Fowler1, Selma Guerreiro2, Renaud Barbero3, Seth Westra4, Geert Lenderink5, Stephen Blenkinsop6, Elizabeth Lewis6, Xiaofeng Li7 and Yafei Li8, (1)Newcastle University, School of Engineering, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom, (2)Newcastle University, School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom, (3)IRSTEA, Montpelier, France, (4)University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA, Australia, (5)Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, Netherlands, (6)Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, (7)Institute of Soil and Rock Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Institute of Soil and Rock Mechanics, Wuhan, China, (8)BNU Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China