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_id: '9140'
abstract:
- lang: eng
  text: 'Expected changes to future extreme precipitation remain a key uncertainty
    associated with anthropogenic climate change. Extreme precipitation has been proposed
    to scale with the precipitable water content in the atmosphere. Assuming constant
    relative humidity, this implies an increase of precipitation extremes at a rate
    of about 7% °C−1 globally as indicated by the Clausius‐Clapeyron relationship.
    Increases faster and slower than Clausius‐Clapeyron have also been reported. In
    this work, we examine the scaling between precipitation extremes and temperature
    in the present climate using simulations and measurements from surface weather
    stations collected in the frame of the HyMeX and MED‐CORDEX programs in Southern
    France. Of particular interest are departures from the Clausius‐Clapeyron thermodynamic
    expectation, their spatial and temporal distribution, and their origin. Looking
    at the scaling of precipitation extreme with temperature, two regimes emerge which
    form a hook shape: one at low temperatures (cooler than around 15°C) with rates
    of increase close to the Clausius‐Clapeyron rate and one at high temperatures
    (warmer than about 15°C) with sub‐Clausius‐Clapeyron rates and most often negative
    rates. On average, the region of focus does not seem to exhibit super Clausius‐Clapeyron
    behavior except at some stations, in contrast to earlier studies. Many factors
    can contribute to departure from Clausius‐Clapeyron scaling: time and spatial
    averaging, choice of scaling temperature (surface versus condensation level),
    and precipitation efficiency and vertical velocity in updrafts that are not necessarily
    constant with temperature. But most importantly, the dynamical contribution of
    orography to precipitation in the fall over this area during the so‐called “Cevenoles”
    events, explains the hook shape of the scaling of precipitation extremes.'
article_processing_charge: No
article_type: original
author:
- first_name: P.
  full_name: Drobinski, P.
  last_name: Drobinski
- first_name: B.
  full_name: Alonzo, B.
  last_name: Alonzo
- first_name: S.
  full_name: Bastin, S.
  last_name: Bastin
- first_name: N. Da
  full_name: Silva, N. Da
  last_name: Silva
- first_name: Caroline J
  full_name: Muller, Caroline J
  id: f978ccb0-3f7f-11eb-b193-b0e2bd13182b
  last_name: Muller
  orcid: 0000-0001-5836-5350
citation:
  ama: 'Drobinski P, Alonzo B, Bastin S, Silva ND, Muller CJ. Scaling of precipitation
    extremes with temperature in the French Mediterranean region: What explains the
    hook shape? <i>Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres</i>. 2016;121(7):3100-3119.
    doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/2015jd023497">10.1002/2015jd023497</a>'
  apa: 'Drobinski, P., Alonzo, B., Bastin, S., Silva, N. D., &#38; Muller, C. J. (2016).
    Scaling of precipitation extremes with temperature in the French Mediterranean
    region: What explains the hook shape? <i>Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres</i>.
    American Geophysical Union. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/2015jd023497">https://doi.org/10.1002/2015jd023497</a>'
  chicago: 'Drobinski, P., B. Alonzo, S. Bastin, N. Da Silva, and Caroline J Muller.
    “Scaling of Precipitation Extremes with Temperature in the French Mediterranean
    Region: What Explains the Hook Shape?” <i>Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres</i>.
    American Geophysical Union, 2016. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/2015jd023497">https://doi.org/10.1002/2015jd023497</a>.'
  ieee: 'P. Drobinski, B. Alonzo, S. Bastin, N. D. Silva, and C. J. Muller, “Scaling
    of precipitation extremes with temperature in the French Mediterranean region:
    What explains the hook shape?,” <i>Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres</i>,
    vol. 121, no. 7. American Geophysical Union, pp. 3100–3119, 2016.'
  ista: 'Drobinski P, Alonzo B, Bastin S, Silva ND, Muller CJ. 2016. Scaling of precipitation
    extremes with temperature in the French Mediterranean region: What explains the
    hook shape? Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 121(7), 3100–3119.'
  mla: 'Drobinski, P., et al. “Scaling of Precipitation Extremes with Temperature
    in the French Mediterranean Region: What Explains the Hook Shape?” <i>Journal
    of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres</i>, vol. 121, no. 7, American Geophysical
    Union, 2016, pp. 3100–19, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1002/2015jd023497">10.1002/2015jd023497</a>.'
  short: 'P. Drobinski, B. Alonzo, S. Bastin, N.D. Silva, C.J. Muller, Journal of
    Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 121 (2016) 3100–3119.'
date_created: 2021-02-15T14:21:16Z
date_published: 2016-03-16T00:00:00Z
date_updated: 2022-01-24T13:41:02Z
day: '16'
doi: 10.1002/2015jd023497
extern: '1'
intvolume: '       121'
issue: '7'
language:
- iso: eng
main_file_link:
- open_access: '1'
  url: https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JD023497
month: '03'
oa: 1
oa_version: Published Version
page: 3100-3119
publication: 'Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres'
publication_identifier:
  issn:
  - 2169-897X
  - 2169-8996
publication_status: published
publisher: American Geophysical Union
quality_controlled: '1'
status: public
title: 'Scaling of precipitation extremes with temperature in the French Mediterranean
  region: What explains the hook shape?'
type: journal_article
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volume: 121
year: '2016'
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