Research Article

Climate Change Impact on the Trigger of Natural Disasters over South-Eastern Himalayas Foothill Region of Myanmar: Extreme Rainfall Analysis

Table 5

List of extreme precipitation indices by Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices (ETCCDI) from the World Climate Research Program (WCRP).

IDIndex nameDefinitionUnits

R95pVery wet daysAnnual total precipitation when daily precipitation amount on a wet day >95th percentilemm
RX1day mmMax 1-day precipitation amountMonthly maximum 1-day precipitationmm
RX5dayMax 5-day precipitation amountMonthly maximum consecutive 5-day precipitationmm
R10Number of heavy precipitation daysAnnual count of days when  mm/daydays
R20Number of very heavy precipitation daysAnnual count of days when  mm/daydays