09 Jul '15 07:12>3 edits
http://phys.org/news/2015-07-record-breaking-heavy-rainfall-events-global.html
No surprises there although, for some reason, the effect has been observed to be worst in South East Asia with a 56% increase in record breaking heavy rain events observed there in recent years compared to 12% increase globally.
I presume that has that has something to do with the monsoon? -The link doesn't mention the monsoon.
One thing it says about those record-breaking heavy rain events is:
"...The average increase is 12 percent globally - but 56 percent in South East Asia
An advanced statistical analysis of rainfall data from the years 1901 to 2010 derived from thousands of weather stations around the globe shows that over 1980-2010 there were 12 percent more of these events than expected in a stationary climate, a scenario without global warming. "Due to the upward trend, the worldwide increase of record-breaking daily rainfall events in the very last year of the studied period reaches even 26 percent", Lehmann adds.
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It is clear from these observations that at least the current general trend is up.
No surprises there although, for some reason, the effect has been observed to be worst in South East Asia with a 56% increase in record breaking heavy rain events observed there in recent years compared to 12% increase globally.
I presume that has that has something to do with the monsoon? -The link doesn't mention the monsoon.
One thing it says about those record-breaking heavy rain events is:
"...The average increase is 12 percent globally - but 56 percent in South East Asia
An advanced statistical analysis of rainfall data from the years 1901 to 2010 derived from thousands of weather stations around the globe shows that over 1980-2010 there were 12 percent more of these events than expected in a stationary climate, a scenario without global warming. "Due to the upward trend, the worldwide increase of record-breaking daily rainfall events in the very last year of the studied period reaches even 26 percent", Lehmann adds.
..."
It is clear from these observations that at least the current general trend is up.