Sentences with phrase «total annual precipitation»

The number of stations reflecting a locally significant increase in the proportion of total annual precipitation occurring in the upper five percentiles of daily precipitation totals outweighs the number of stations with significantly decreasing trends by more than 3 to 1 (Figure 2.36 c).

(Top) Observed trends (% per decade) over the period 1951 to 2003 in the contribution to total annual precipitation from very wet days (i.e., corresponding to the 95th percentile and above).

In some parts of the country, the torrents of rain that characterize monsoon season account for more than 90 percent of the total annual precipitation.

(G) Total Annual Precipitation (cm).

Basic theory, climate model simulations, and empirical evidence all confirm that warmer climates, owing to increased water vapor, lead to more intense precipitation events even when the total annual precipitation is reduced slightly (Trenberth et al. 2007).

Since 1895, the total annual precipitation has increased by about 6 inches, or 13 percent.

However, the contribution of very wet days to total annual precipitation was above normal over Europe, largest along the Norwegian Atlantic coast, around the Baltic States and in southeast Europe.

Basic theory, climate model simulations and empirical evidence all confirm that warmer climates, owing to increased water vapour, lead to more intense precipitation events even when the total annual precipitation is reduced slightly, and with prospects for even stronger events when the overall precipitation amounts increase.