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A shift from drought to extreme rainfall drives a stable landslide to catastrophic failure
A shift from drought to extreme rainfall drives a stable landslide to catastrophic failure
Nature | February 7, 2019...SummaryThe addition of water on or below the earth’s surface generates changes in stress that can trigger both stable and unstable sliding of...
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A spatially comprehensive, hydrometeorological data set for Mexico, the U.S., and Southern Canada 1950–2013
A spatially comprehensive, hydrometeorological data set for Mexico, the U.S., and Southern Canada 1950–2013
Nature | August 18, 2015...SummaryA data set of observed daily precipitation, maximum and minimum temperature, gridded to a 1/16° (~6 km) resolution, is described that spans the...
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A Twenty-First-Century California Observing Network for Monitoring Extreme Weather Events
A Twenty-First-Century California Observing Network for Monitoring Extreme Weather Events
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, American Meteorological Society | August 27, 2013...SummaryDuring Northern Hemisphere winters, the West Coast of North America is battered by extratropical storms. The impact of these storms is of paramount...
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An evaluation of atmospheric rivers over the North Pacific in CMIP5 and their response to warming under RCP 8.5
An evaluation of atmospheric rivers over the North Pacific in CMIP5 and their response to warming under RCP 8.5
American Geophysical Union (AGU) | November 13, 2015...SummaryLandfalling atmospheric rivers over the North Pacific are evaluated in historical (1980–2005) simulations from 28 models participating in the fifth phase of the Coupled...
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ARTMIP-early start comparison of atmospheric river detection tools: how many atmospheric rivers hit northern California’s Russian River watershed?
ARTMIP-early start comparison of atmospheric river detection tools: how many atmospheric rivers hit northern California’s Russian River watershed?
Climate Dynamics, Springer | September 10, 2018...SummaryMany atmospheric river detection tools (ARDTs) have now been developed. However, their relative performance is not well documented. This paper compares a diverse...
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Assessing the climate‐scale variability of atmospheric rivers affecting western North America
Assessing the climate‐scale variability of atmospheric rivers affecting western North America
American Geophysical Union (AGU) | August 3, 2017...SummaryWe have created a new seven‐decade‐long catalog of atmospheric river behavior land‐falling upon the west coast of North America. The catalog has been...
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Atmospheric Rivers as Drought Busters on the U.S. West Coast
$0.00Atmospheric Rivers as Drought Busters on the U.S. West Coast
USGS | April 25, 2013...SummaryAtmospheric rivers (ARs) have, in recent years, been recognized as the cause of the large majority of major floods in rivers all along...
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Atmospheric rivers drive flood damages in the western United States
Atmospheric rivers drive flood damages in the western United States
Science Advances, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) | December 4, 2019...SummaryAtmospheric rivers (ARs) are extratropical storms that produce extreme precipitation on the west coasts of the world’s major landmasses. In the United States, ARs...
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Atmospheric rivers impact California’s coastal water quality via extreme precipitation
Atmospheric rivers impact California’s coastal water quality via extreme precipitation
Science of the Total Environment | June 25, 2019...SummaryPrecipitation in California is projected to become more volatile: less frequent but more extreme as global warming pushes midlatitude frontal cyclones further poleward...
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Atmospheric rivers in 20 year weather and climate simulations: A multi-model, global evaluation
Atmospheric rivers in 20 year weather and climate simulations: A multi-model, global evaluation
American Geophysical Union (AGU) | June 1, 2017...SummaryAtmospheric rivers (ARs) are narrow, elongated, synoptic jets of water vapor that play importantroles in the global water cycle and meteorological/hydrological extremes. Increasing...
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