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

Table 4

Fraction contribution in seasonal and regional precipitations by extreme events based on the area over the land and ocean.

Season and number of PFs		Volumetric rainfall contribution (in %)				Thresholds
		Top 10%	Top 1%	Top 0.1%	Top 0.01%	Top 10%	Top 1%	Top 0.1%	Top 0.01%
For the largest PFs (km^2 )
DJFM/land	290919	94.97	67.95	22.07	3.68	540.1000	8.9362e + 03	5.4077e + 04	1.0730e + 05
DJFM/ocean	388683	96.74	84.06	36.18	8.21	270.05	4.1735e + 03	5.1749e + 04	1.4738e + 05
JJAS/ocean	253470	97.28	82.61	32.42	5.52	343.7000	6.0639e + 03	5.9044e + 04	1.2510e + 05
JJAS/land	235396	94.32	64.93	21.91	4.10	540.1000	8.1997e + 03	4.8941e + 04	1.0320e + 05
Maximum height of 20 dBZ (MH20)
DJFM/land	237542	84.54	28.50	4.64	0.62	8.500	14.500	16.875	18.250
DJFM/ocean	286051	91.16	53.12	12.82	2.60	5.250	9.250	13.750	16.125
JJAS/ocean	191865	94.69	57.98	12.49	1.57	7.00	12.250	16.000	18.250
JJAS/land	185994	81.03	28.30	4.38	0.38	9.375	15.000	17.565	19.985
Maximum height of 40 dBZ (MH40)
DJFM/land	36953	38.8	8.36	1.75	0.20	7.125	10.750	14.250	16.450
DJFM/ocean	17490	52.96	10.44	2.34	0.14	5.125	7.500	11.375	16.125
JJAS/ocean	26522	64.9	14.65	2.79	0.18	5.875	8.250	11.2475	16.500
JJAS/land	28598	54.62	39.42	4.93	1.01	8.000	11.250	14.475	16.625
Intense rainfall events (mm/hr)
DJFM/land	290919	88.26	50.63	10.20	1.95	7.37	59.35	216.30	299.90
DJFM/ocean	388683	94.45	69.50	25.10	5.01	4.74	30.75	125.62	299.61
JJAS/ocean	253470	96.23	77.24	24.31	3.22	6.67	55.12	206.04	299.96
JJAS/land	235396	87.33	45.94	10.06	1.42	7.72	73.43	299.11	299.97