CatRaRE: A Catalogue of radar-based heavy rainfall events in Germany derived from 20 years of data

In a warming climate, heavy rainfall is assumed to occur more frequently in the future. Extreme precipitation events are hard to observe and predict and can have devastating impact on infrastructure, housing and people. Rain gauge networks often cannot detect small-scale events, because the distance...

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Main Authors: Katharina Lengfeld, Ewelina Walawender, Tanja Winterrath, Andreas Becker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Borntraeger 2021-12-01
Series:Meteorologische Zeitschrift
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/metz/2021/1088