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@prefix dcterms: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/> . @prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> . @prefix gcis: <http://data.globalchange.gov/gcis.owl#> . @prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> . @prefix doco: <http://purl.org/spar/doco> . @prefix cito: <http://purl.org/spar/cito/> . @prefix biro: <http://purl.org/spar/biro/> . @prefix prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> . <https://data.globalchange.gov/report/nca3/chapter/our-changing-climate/figure/observed-us-trend-in-heavy-precipitation> dcterms:identifier "observed-us-trend-in-heavy-precipitation"; gcis:figureNumber "2.16"^^xsd:string; dcterms:title "Observed U.S. Trend in Heavy Precipitation"^^xsd:string; gcis:recommendedCitation "adapted from Kunkel et al. 2013"^^xsd:string; gcis:hasCaption "One measure of a heavy precipitation event is a 2-day precipitation total that is exceeded on average only once in a five-year period, also known as a once-in-five-year event. As this extreme precipitation index for 1901-2012 shows, the occurrence of such events has become much more common in recent decades. Changes are compared to the period 1901-1960, and do not include Alaska or Hawai‘i. The 2000s decade (far right bar) includes 2001-2012. (Figure source: adapted from Kunkel et al. 2013)."^^xsd:string; dcterms:rights [ rdf:value "Free to use with credit to the original figure source."^^xsd:string; ]; gcis:hasImage <https://data.globalchange.gov/image/4f071049-4952-4e2b-ac40-9942a7752382>; gcis:isFigureOf <https://data.globalchange.gov/report/nca3/chapter/our-changing-climate>; gcis:isFigureOf <https://data.globalchange.gov/report/nca3>; ## Geographical extent of the figure content ## Temporal extent of the figure content a gcis:Figure, doco:Figure . <https://data.globalchange.gov/report/nca3/chapter/our-changing-climate/figure/observed-us-trend-in-heavy-precipitation> cito:cites <https://data.globalchange.gov/article/10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00262.1>; biro:references <https://data.globalchange.gov/reference/b37557ac-ee97-4c28-98ca-4f1f1afe163b>. <https://data.globalchange.gov/report/nca3/chapter/our-changing-climate/figure/observed-us-trend-in-heavy-precipitation> prov:wasDerivedFrom <https://data.globalchange.gov/article/10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00262.1>.