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EURO-SUPREME: sub-daily precipitation extremes in the EURO-CORDEX ensemble
Anouk Dierickx
Environmental and Applied Fluid Dynamics Department, von Karman Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Sint-Genesius-Rode, Belgium
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Wout Dewettinck
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Bert Van Schaeybroeck
Department of Geography, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Meteorological and Climatological Research, Royal Meteorological Institute, Brussels, Belgium
Lesley De Cruz
Department of Observations, Royal Meteorological Institute, Brussels, Belgium
Department of Electronics and Informatics, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
Steven Caluwaerts
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Meteorological and Climatological Research, Royal Meteorological Institute, Brussels, Belgium
Piet Termonia
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
Meteorological and Climatological Research, Royal Meteorological Institute, Brussels, Belgium
Meteorological and Climatological Research, Royal Meteorological Institute, Brussels, Belgium
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This study introduces the EURO-SUPREME dataset consisting of extreme precipitation events selected from a large ensemble of climate models over Europe. The dataset contains information on extreme precipitation events with a precipitation duration of 1 to 72 h that can lead to flooding, high mortality rates and infrastructure damage. We highlight the usefulness of the dataset as a benchmark for improving high-resolution climate models for risk assessment of future extreme floods.
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