Climate change increases the probability of heavy rains in Northern England/Southern Scotland like those of storm Desmond—a real-time event attribution revisited

Climate change increases the probability of heavy rains in Northern England/Southern Scotland like those of storm Desmond—a real-time event attribution revisited

On 4–6 December 2015, storm Desmond caused very heavy rainfall in Northern England and Southern Scotland which led to widespread flooding. A week after the event we provided an initial assessment of the influence of anthropogenic climate change on the likelihood of one-day precipitation events avera...

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Main Authors: Friederike E L Otto, Karin van der Wiel, Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Sjoukje Philip, Sarah F Kew, Peter Uhe, Heidi Cullen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
extreme events
attribution
climate change
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa9663

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aa9663

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