Attribution of extreme rainfall in Southeast China during May 2015
Claire Burke, Peter Stott, Ying Sun, Andrew Ciavarella
TL;DR
This paper analyzes the attribution of the May 2015 extreme rainfall event in Southeast China, linking it to anthropogenic climate change and its role in increased flood risk.
Contribution
It provides a novel attribution analysis of a specific extreme rainfall event in Southeast China, highlighting climate change impacts.
Findings
Anthropogenic climate change increased the likelihood of intense rainfall events.
The May 2015 event was significantly influenced by human-induced climate factors.
The study underscores the importance of climate change in regional extreme weather events.
Abstract
Anthropogenic climate change increased the probability that a short-duration, intense rainfall event would occur in parts of southeast China. This type of event occurred in May 2015, causing serious flooding.
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