Connections Between Mean North Pacific Circulation and Western US Precipitation Extremes in a Warming Climate

Abstract Extreme precipitation has widespread impacts over the western US (WUS), which are expected to be exacerbated in the future given thermodynamically driven increases in atmospheric moisture and shifts in atmospheric circulation patterns. However, internal climate variability complicates how t...

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Main Authors: Xingying Huang, Samantha Stevenson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2021-06-01
Series:Earth's Future
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EF001944