![]() ![]() ![]() Yet, recent studies show that the most extreme rain events are increasing with even higher rates up to 14% per degree warming.įacing ongoing climate change makes it particularly important to understand the physical processes behind convective rain phenomena and how these rain systems respond to increased temperatures. This can, to a large part, be attributed to the fact that the atmosphere can hold 7% more water vapor per degree warming. The number and intensity of such events has been increasing over the last decades in many parts of the world over land. Today he will defend his thesis, here at the TU Delft.Įxtreme precipitation can cause flash floods, substantial economic damage, and are a threat to human lives as the events in July this summer in Germany, Belgium and The Netherlands showed. ![]() ![]() This is the main conclusion from the phD research of Kai Lochbihler, that he has conducted at KNMI in collaboration with the TU Delft. Higher temperatures along with an increase in water vapor amount in the atmosphere leads to larger and more intense rain showers. ![]()
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