Probable maximum precipitation and climate change

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1402-1408

  Kunkel, Kenneth E ^a,b   Karl, Thomas R ^b   Easterling, David R ^b   Redmond, Kelly ^c   Young, John ^d   Yin, Xungang ^e   Hennon, Paula ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NOAA NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

^c DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e ERT Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate Change; Probable Maximum Precipitation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE CONTENT; ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR; CLAUSIUS-CLAPEYRON RELATIONSHIP; CLIMATE MODEL SIMULATIONS; MOISTURE TRANSPORT; PROBABLE MAXIMUM PRECIPITATION; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; WATER VAPOR CONCENTRATION;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOISTURE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); VAPORS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; MOISTURE CONTENT; OPTIMIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); PROBABILITY; VULNERABILITY; WATER VAPOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84876938884     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/grl.50334     Document Type: Article

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