Climate change contributions to future atmospheric river flood damages in the western United States

Abstract Atmospheric rivers (ARs) generate most of the economic losses associated with flooding in the western United States and are projected to increase in intensity with climate change. This is of concern as flood damages have been shown to increase exponentially with AR intensity. To assess how...

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Main Authors: Thomas W. Corringham, James McCarthy, Tamara Shulgina, Alexander Gershunov, Daniel R. Cayan, F. Martin Ralph
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-08-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-15474-2