Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

Anthropogenic influence on extreme precipitation over global land areas seen in multiple observational datasets

  • Gavin D. Madakumbura,
  • Chad W. Thackeray,
  • Jesse Norris,
  • Naomi Goldenson,
  • Alex Hall

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24262-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Climate models project an intensification of extreme precipitation under climate change, but this effect is difficult to detect in the observational record. Here, the authors show that a physically interpretable anthropogenic impact on extreme precipitation is detectable in global observational data sets.