Return period of extreme rainfall substantially decreases under 1.5 °C and 2.0 °C warming: a case study for Uttarakhand, India

Return period of extreme rainfall substantially decreases under 1.5 °C and 2.0 °C warming: a case study for Uttarakhand, India

In June 2013, Uttarakhand experienced a hydro-meteorological disaster due to a 4 d extreme precipitation event of return period more than 100 years, claiming thousands of lives and causing enormous damage to infrastructure. Using the weather@home climate modelling system and its Half a degree Additi...

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Main Authors: Savitri Kumari, Karsten Haustein, Hammad Javid, Chad Burton, Myles R Allen, Homero Paltan, Simon Dadson, Friederike E L Otto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2019-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
extreme event attribution
climate modelling
return period
1.5°C and 2°C of warming
flood
extreme rain
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab0bce

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab0bce

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