High‐impact hydrologic events and atmospheric rivers in California: An investigation using the NCEI Storm Events Database

Young, Allison M.; Skelly, Klint T.; Cordeira, Jason M.

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High‐impact hydrologic events and atmospheric rivers in California: An investigation using the NCEI Storm Events Database

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2017
By Young, Allison M. ; Skelly, Klint T. ; Cordeira, Jason M.

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Journal Title:

Geophysical Research Letters
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Young, Allison M. ; Skelly, Klint T. ; Cordeira, Jason M.
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NWS (National Weather Service)
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Atmospheric rivers (ARs) are long, narrow corridors of enhanced integrated water vapor and integrated vapor transport that can result in high-impact hydrologic events (HIHEs) including ﬂoods, ﬂash ﬂoods, and debris ﬂows. This study examined the relationship between HIHEs and ARs in California for 10 water years by using the National Centers for Environmental Information Storm Events Database and acatalog of landfalling ARs provided by Rutz et al. (2013). Results illustrated that HIHEs related to ﬂoods and debris ﬂows are commonly associated with ARs during the cold season across Northern California, whereas HIHEs related to ﬂashﬂoods are commonly not associated with ARs during the warm season across Southern California. Composite analyses illustrated that HIHEs associated with landfalling ARs are associated with
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General Earth And Planetary Sciences Geophysics General Earth And Planetary Sciences General Earth And Planetary Sciences
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Geophysical Research Letters, 44(7), 3393-3401
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https://doi.org/10.1002/2017gl073077
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0094-8276 ; 1944-8007
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American Geophysical Union (AGU)
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