Research Article

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

Table 3

Contribution to global precipitation by largest, deepest, and intense PFs.

PFsIntensityTop 10%Top 1%Top 0.1%Top 0.01%

Largest (area)Total96.480.736.17.1
Ocean96.282.240.58.6
Land97.276.323.02.6

Maximum height of 20 dBZ (MH20)Total90.653.115.41.8
Ocean89.151.514.31.4
Land94.957.818.83.1

Maximum height of 40 dBZ (MH40)Total86.753.39.51.2
Ocean86.349.84.50.4
Land87.663.924.84.0