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Attribution of Extreme Rainfall in Southeast China During May 2015

Summary/Abstract

Anthropogenic climate change increased the probability that a short-duration, intense rainfall event would occur in parts of southeast China. This type of event occurred in May 2015, causing serious flooding.

Claire Burke et al., Attribution of Extreme Rainfall in Southeast China During May 2015, in BAMS 2015

Link to Full Article
December 2016
Claire Burke, Peter Stott, Ying Sun, Andrew Ciavarella
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Peer-reviewed Study
China, Southeast Asia, Southeast China
Climate Change Attribution
Climate Change Attribution → Cross-cutting Research
Extreme Event Attribution
Extreme Event Attribution → Extreme Rainfall
Impact Attribution
Impact Attribution → Inland Flooding and Hydrologic Impacts

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