Event
Boulder Floods 2013
United States
In 2013, persistent, heavy rains in the Colorado Front Range broke several rainfall records and led to the catastrophic Boulder floods. Climate change contributed to the volume of moisture in the atmosphere[1] and likely increased rainfall by 30 percent.[2]
Scientists say we should expect more extreme precipitation events like this one due to increases in ocean and air temperature that fuel storms with more water and energy.
Jul 24, 2017 | Phys.org
'Hindcasting' study investigates the extreme 2013 Colorado flood
May 19, 2017 | Boulder DailyCamera
Boulder scientist ties severity of Colorado's 2013 flood to climate change
Feb 16, 2016 | The Weather Channel
Colorado Flash Flooding: How It Happened, How Unusual?
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Jul 13, 2016 | National Climate Assessment
Map: Observed Change in Very Heavy Precipitation
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May 31, 2016 | Lehmann, Coumou and Frieler
Chart: Global annual record-breaking anomaly and long term trend
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Apr 19, 2016 | Environmental Protection Agency, NOAA
Image: Extreme one-day precipitation in the US, 1910-2014
Jul 31, 2017 | Weather and Climate Extremes
Diagnosing conditional anthropogenic contributions to heavy Colorado rainfall in September 2013
Apr 25, 2017 | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Quantifying the influence of global warming on unprecedented extreme climate events
Jul 25, 2018 | Environmental Research Letters
Multi-method attribution analysis of extreme precipitation in Boulder, Colorado
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