Multi-method attribution analysis of extreme precipitation in Boulder, Colorado

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2016, Pages

  Eden, Jonathan M ^a   Wolter, Klaus ^b   Otto, Friederike E L ^c   Jan Van Oldenborgh, Geert ^a  

^a ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

event attribution; extreme precipitation; extreme value statistics

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RISK ASSESSMENT; SOURCE SEPARATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; ANTHROPOGENIC INFLUENCE; CLAUSIUS CLAPEYRON RELATION; EVENT ATTRIBUTION; EXTREME PRECIPITATION; EXTREME VALUE ANALYSIS; EXTREME VALUE STATISTICS; GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

ATMOSPHERIC GENERAL CIRCULATION MODEL; CLIMATE CHANGE; EXTREME EVENT; MAGNITUDE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MOISTURE CONTENT; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

BOULDER; COLORADO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85008158217     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/12/124009     Document Type: Article

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