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:
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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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