Climate risk · Rationale

Rainfall intensity change

Form of rainfall variability characterised by a change in the amount of precipitation falling per unit time, including increases in heavy and extreme precipitation that raise the risk of erosion, runoff, and flooding.

Definition source: IPCC AR6 WGI Ch.11: Extreme precipitation

Synonyms

extreme precipitation

Broader

Rainfall variability

Narrower

none

Counts as adaptation

Always (adaptation-specific).

Provenance

Domain expert

Identifier

CRK_119 · https://mlolita26.github.io/cgiar-climate-taxonomy/terms/CRK_119
(planned permanent identifier: https://w3id.org/cgiar/climate-taxonomy/CRK_119)