Abstract

Recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports suggest that the atmosphere is getting warmer in almost every region across the globe 1,2 . As a consequence, extreme precipitation intensities (EPIs) are increasing in many regions according to the principle of Clausius–Clapeyron (CC) relationship, which states that atmospheric moisture storage capacity increases by ~7% per degree rise in temperature 3 . Therefore, the frequency of extreme precipitation events may increase with societal impacts on agriculture, economy, human health and animal habitats 4 .

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