Spatiotemporal Variations of Extreme Precipitation Events in the Jinsha River Basin, Southwestern China

Table 2

Definitions of extreme precipitation indices.

Type	Index	Definition	Descriptive name	Unit
Intensity	RX1day	Annual maximum one-day precipitation	Max one-day precipitation amount	mm
Intensity	RX5day	Annual maximum consecutive five-day precipitation	Max five-day precipitation amount	mm
Intensity	R95p	Annual total precipitation when RR > 95th percentile	Precipitation on very wet days	mm
Frequency	R10mm	Annual count of days when RR ≥ 10 mm	Number of heavy precipitation days	days

RR is daily precipitation.