Attribution of extreme rainfall from Hurricane Harvey, August 2017

Attribution of extreme rainfall from Hurricane Harvey, August 2017

During August 25–30, 2017, Hurricane Harvey stalled over Texas and caused extreme precipitation, particularly over Houston and the surrounding area on August 26–28. This resulted in extensive flooding with over 80 fatalities and large economic costs. It was an extremely rare event: the return period...

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Main Authors: Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Karin van der Wiel, Antonia Sebastian, Roop Singh, Julie Arrighi, Friederike Otto, Karsten Haustein, Sihan Li, Gabriel Vecchi, Heidi Cullen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2017-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
extreme precipitation
tropical cyclone
attribution
climate change
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa9ef2

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa9ef2

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