The Warm-period Daily Precipitation Extremes Scaling with Temperature in
Eastern China
Abstract
Using station and reanalysis datasets, the application of C-C scaling in
understanding the relation between precipitation extremes and
temperature in eastern China has been examined. The results show that
the C-C scaling could be used to understand the daily precipitation
extreme intensity increase with Tm, as it is below
~25ºC. However, as Tm exceeds 25ºC, the
daily precipitation extremes would decrease with Tm,
particularly for South China. The change in the variation as
Tm exceeds 25ºC may be attributed to the negative
scaling of precipitation efficiency and vertical velocity with
Tm. The sharp increase in the convective inhibition,
decrease in the temperature advection, can partly explain the negative
scaling of precipitation efficiency and Tm, vertical
velocity and Tm as it exceeds 25ºC, respectively. Our
results show physical image linking the precipitation extremes and
temperature variation, which would likely help understanding the
variations in precipitation extremes under a warmer future.