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Jonathan M Eden, Klaus Wolter, Friederike E L Otto, Geert Jan van Oldenborgh
Environmental Research Letters
Published date November 29, 2016

Multi-method attribution analysis of extreme precipitation in Boulder, Colorado

  • Identifies an increase in the likelihood of extreme one-day precipitation but of a smaller magnitude than what would be expected in a warming world according to the Clausius–Clapeyron relation
  • For five-day extremes, the researches are unable to detect a change in likelihood

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