Modeling seasonal variations of extreme rainfall  on different timescales in Germany

Ulrich, Jana; Fauer, Felix S.; Rust, Henning W.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-6133-2021

Articles | Volume 25, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-6133-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-6133-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 25, issue 12

Research article

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02 Dec 2021

Research article |

| 02 Dec 2021

Modeling seasonal variations of extreme rainfall on different timescales in Germany

Jana Ulrich, Felix S. Fauer, and Henning W. Rust

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-6133-2021-supplement

Data sets

Monthly precipitation intensity maxima for 14 aggregation times at 132 stations in Germany J. Ulrich, F. S. Fauer, and H. W. Rust https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5025657

Model code and software

IDF: Estimation and Plotting of IDF Curves, r package version 2.1.0 J. Ulrich, C. Ritschel, L. Mack, O. E. Jurado, F. S. Fauer, C. Detring, and S. Joedicke https://opendata.dwd.de/climate_environment/CDC/observations_germany/climate/1_minute/precipitation/historical/

Short summary

The characteristics of extreme precipitation on different timescales as well as in different seasons are relevant information, e.g., for designing hydrological structures or managing water supplies. Therefore, our aim is to describe these characteristics simultaneously within one model. We find similar characteristics for short extreme precipitation at all considered stations in Germany but pronounced regional differences with respect to the seasonality of long-lasting extreme events.