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).
| ID | Index name | Definition | Units |
| R95p | Very wet days | Annual total precipitation when daily precipitation amount on a wet day >95th percentile | mm | RX1day mm | Max 1-day precipitation amount | Monthly maximum 1-day precipitation | mm | RX5day | Max 5-day precipitation amount | Monthly maximum consecutive 5-day precipitation | mm | R10 | Number of heavy precipitation days | Annual count of days when mm/day | days | R20 | Number of very heavy precipitation days | Annual count of days when mm/day | days |
|
|