Atmospheric Rivers as Drought Busters on the U.S. West Coast

Atmospheric rivers (ARs) have, in recent years, been recognized as the cause of the large majority of major floods in rivers all along the U.S. West Coast and as the source of 30%–50% of all precipitation in the same region. The present study surveys the frequency with which ARs have played a critic...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of hydrometeorology 2013-12, Vol.14 (6), p.1721-1732
1. Verfasser:	Dettinger, Michael D.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Atmospherics Climate change Drought Floods Freshwater Hydrometeorology Marine Meteorology Precipitation Storms Stream flow United States history
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