Table 6 AIC scores for statistical model fits to each rx4day time series with the 2024 event excluded for different distributions and combinations of covariates

From: Climate change and El Niño behind extreme precipitation leading to major floods in southern Brazil in 2024

Dataset

GEV

Gaussian

Gumbel

GMST

GMST + Nino

GMST

GMST + Nino

GMST

GMST + Nino

CPC

401.53

399.81

400.35

399.16

403.80

402.79

CHIRPS

388.28

389.60

386.99

388.54

391.53

392.66

GPCC

375.13

373.61

374.93

374.27

381.20

380.32

MSWEP

401.27

399.76

399.59

398.78

404.20

403.26

BR-DWGD

551.96

548.42

553.20

548.01

551.32

549.71

Model ensemble

 

CORDEX

 

376.41

 

380.06

  

CMIP

 

402.76

 

406.57

  

AM

 

336.65

 

340.55

  

FLOR

 

335.34

 

335.12

  
  1. Bold text shows the best 2 scores for each time series.