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Super‐Clausius–Clapeyron scaling of rainfall in a model squall line

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Singleton, Andrew, Toumi, Ralf·2013·Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

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The sensitivity of squall rainfall to changes in atmospheric temperature is investigated. For instantaneous rainrates and accumulations up to one hour, extreme rainfall scales with Clausius‐Clapeyron (CC) for temperatures below 24°C and at up to twice CC above 24°C. For longer accumulation periods and higher temperatures the scaling breaks down due to increased propagation of the squall line. For all periods, the storm average rainfall is found to scale at approximately 1.5 times CC over the entire range of temperatures. These results have implications for design parameters for infrastructure that is vulnerable to flooding and for climate change projections. Copyright © 2012 Royal Meteorological Society

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  • Convective precipitation extremes have been found to increase with warming considerably faster than implied by Clausius-Clapeyron scaling in some cases when a temperature increase is imposed that is constant in the vertical.

    “Convective precipitation extremes have been found to increase with warming considerably faster than implied by Clausius-Clapeyron scaling in some cases when a temperature increase is imposed that is constant in the vertical [7, 79].”

    From Precipitation Extremes Under Climate Change (2015) · cites this paper as [79]

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Authors
Singleton, A., & Toumi, R.
Affiliations
Imperial College London (GB)
Corresponding author
Toumi, Ralf
Venue
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2012-04-05
Volume
139
Issue
671
Pages
334-339
ISSN
  • 0035-9009 (ISSN-L)
  • 1477-870X
OpenAlex
W2015522793
Cited by
90
References
18
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 7 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 13 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 9 · 2016: 9 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 3 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 1
FWCI
2.40
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society (publishedVersion)
  • Figshare (submittedVersion, cc-by)
Funders
  • BP Global
  • Natural Environment Research Council (NE/F011822/1)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Meteorological Phenomena and Simulations
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Climate variability and models
  • Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Precipitation Measurement and Analysis
Keywords
squall lines, Clausius-Clapeyron scaling, extreme rainfall, cumulative rainfall, climate change projections

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