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Extreme winds and precipitation during landfall of atmospheric rivers
- Analyzes data from 1997-2014 to investigate the impact of ARs on wind and precipitation extremes
- Finds that landfalling ARs are associated with about 40–75% of extreme wind and precipitation events over 40% of the world’s coastlines
- Results show that the majority of extreme European wind events catalogued between 1997 and 2013 with billion US dollar losses were associated with ARs
- Concludes that landfalling ARs can represent a significant hazard around the globe because of their association with extreme precipitation and winds
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