The estimates for 24-h, 100-yr rainfall in this study are larger often by a factor of two than "official" published values.
We used the most recent mean annual precipitation (mm yr-1) and seasonality (number of months yr-1 with rainfall below 100 mm) data from the NASA Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) as of March 1 , 2012as additional inputs to the models for upscaling LiDAR data to the national level.
Bioretention basin volumetric capacities were designed for a 24-h duration 2-yr return interval rainfall event.
The spatially non-uniform contemporary erosion rates documented here are at odds with other studies that have found spatially uniform long-term rates (105 106 yr) across the pronounced rainfall gradient observed in the region.
Seasonal results indicated that 95.6% of 1-day, 1-yr recurrence interval extreme rainfall events occurred from April to September in China.
Sediment output from a 4160-m2 hillside plot including a network of trails draining terraced fields (for which runoff and sediment outputs were shown to be negligible) was similar to that for the cobbled road (2 3 kg m− 2 yr− 1 depending on rainfall).
IARI, New Delhi is located at 28.4°N 77.1°E with an average rainfall of 797.3 mm yr-1 with 39 mean rainy days and an average maximum temperature of 34°C in the wet season (June-November).
IARI Regional Station, Karnal, Haryana (29.4°N 76.5°E) receives an annual mean rainfall of 1058 mm yr-1 with 50 mean rainy days with an average maximum temperature of 32.9°C during wet season.
RBGRC, Aduthurai (11°N 79.3°E) located in Tamilnadu, South India, receives a mean rainfall of 1266 mm yr-1 in 56 mean rainy days and the mean maximum temperature of 31.8°C during wet season.
For this period we defined a threshold value of 150 mm below and above the long-term mean to classify years into 'low', 'average' and 'high' rainfall years (thresholds of 267 mm yr-1and 567 mm yr-1, respectively) (see [ 18]).
The dominant peaks can be classified into four distinct rainfall cycles with periods 2 3, 5 7, 10 15 and 30 yr.
