Seasonal and Regional Differences in Extreme Rainfall Events and Their Contribution to the World’s Precipitation: GPM Observations

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Types</td><td class="align_center">Parameters</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">(1) Largest EREs</td><td class="align_center">PFs area and volumetric area</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">(2) Deepest EREs</td><td class="align_center">Maximum height of 20 and 40 dBZ (MH20 and MH40)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">(3) Intense EREs</td><td class="align_center">Rain rate (RR)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Definition of extreme rainfall events.</div>

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Table 2: Seasonal and Regional Differences in Extreme Rainfall Events and Their Contribution to the World’s Precipitation: GPM Observations 