Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of Heavy Precipitation Events over Canada
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In this article, the authors examined the spatial and temporal characteristics of heavy precipitation events over Canada (excluding the high Arctic) for the period 1900-98, examining the 90th percentiles of daily precipitation, the annual maximum daily value, and the 20-yr return values.Abstract:
Spatial and temporal characteristics of heavy precipitation events over Canada (excluding the high Arctic) are examined for the period 1900–98. In southern Canada, about 71% of total precipitation comes from rainfall events. In northern Canada, more than 50% of total precipitation comes from snowfall events. Heavy rainfall and snowfall events are thus defined for each season and station separately by identifying a threshold value that is exceeded by an average of three events per year. Annual and seasonal time series of heavy event frequency are then obtained by counting the number of exceedances per year. Characteristics of the intensity of heavy precipitation events are investigated examining the 90th percentiles of daily precipitation, the annual maximum daily value, and the 20-yr return values. It was found that decadal variability is the dominant feature in both the frequency and the intensity of extreme precipitation events over the country. For the country as a whole, there appear to be no...read more
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