Lesley L. Smith – US Extreme Precipitation

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6 seasons per year

1981-2010 Season of year for wettest day -- Most Frequent

Day of Year

CAM5 0.5ox0.5o Total Precipitation

Comparing Factual and Counterfactual day-of-year for max precip Rx1day

Sample points (mid-state, unless otherwise noted)

     

     

     

CONUS

Season of year for wettest day -- all data -- 18 river basins

CPC 0.25ox0.25o

CAM5 0.5ox0.5o

ECHAM5

MRI


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Season of year for wettest day -- Most Frequent


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0.5o x 0.5o CAM5   Movie of 12 runs


1o x 1o CAM5   Movie of 40 runs


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0.75o x 0.75o ECHAM   Movie of 50 runs


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approx 0.6o x 0.6o MRI   Movie of 25 runs


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Sample plots one run, one year:

4 seasons per year

Season of year for wettest day

All years all runs: Most Frequent

Sample plots:

Movies of all year, for each run:
r01     r02     r03     r04     r05     r06     r07     r08     r09     r10    
r11     r12     r13     r14     r15     r16     r17     r18     r19     r20    
r21     r22     r23     r24     r25     r26     r27     r28     r29     r30    
r31     r32     r33     r34     r35     r36     r37     r38     r39     r40    

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