Climate change impact on flood and extreme precipitation increases with water availability

Abstract The hydrological cycle is expected to intensify with global warming, which likely increases the intensity of extreme precipitation events and the risk of flooding. The changes, however, often differ from the theorized expectation of increases in water‐holding capacity of the atmosphere in t...

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Autor principal:	Hossein Tabari
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2020
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:61c2f3b32de74181bd54c2bd4e1a8b7f2021-12-02T18:50:55ZClimate change impact on flood and extreme precipitation increases with water availability10.1038/s41598-020-70816-22045-2322https://doaj.org/article/61c2f3b32de74181bd54c2bd4e1a8b7f2020-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70816-2https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract The hydrological cycle is expected to intensify with global warming, which likely increases the intensity of extreme precipitation events and the risk of flooding. The changes, however, often differ from the theorized expectation of increases in water‐holding capacity of the atmosphere in the warmer conditions, especially when water availability is limited. Here, the relationships of changes in extreme precipitation and flood intensities for the end of the twenty-first century with spatial and seasonal water availability are quantified. Results show an intensification of extreme precipitation and flood events over all climate regions which increases as water availability increases from dry to wet regions. Similarly, there is an increase in the intensification of extreme precipitation and flood with the seasonal cycle of water availability. The connection between extreme precipitation and flood intensity changes and spatial and seasonal water availability becomes stronger as events become less extreme.Hossein TabariNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2020)
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spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Hossein Tabari Climate change impact on flood and extreme precipitation increases with water availability
description	Abstract The hydrological cycle is expected to intensify with global warming, which likely increases the intensity of extreme precipitation events and the risk of flooding. The changes, however, often differ from the theorized expectation of increases in water‐holding capacity of the atmosphere in the warmer conditions, especially when water availability is limited. Here, the relationships of changes in extreme precipitation and flood intensities for the end of the twenty-first century with spatial and seasonal water availability are quantified. Results show an intensification of extreme precipitation and flood events over all climate regions which increases as water availability increases from dry to wet regions. Similarly, there is an increase in the intensification of extreme precipitation and flood with the seasonal cycle of water availability. The connection between extreme precipitation and flood intensity changes and spatial and seasonal water availability becomes stronger as events become less extreme.
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title	Climate change impact on flood and extreme precipitation increases with water availability
title_short	Climate change impact on flood and extreme precipitation increases with water availability
title_full	Climate change impact on flood and extreme precipitation increases with water availability
title_fullStr	Climate change impact on flood and extreme precipitation increases with water availability
title_full_unstemmed	Climate change impact on flood and extreme precipitation increases with water availability
title_sort	climate change impact on flood and extreme precipitation increases with water availability
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2020
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Climate change impact on flood and extreme precipitation increases with water availability

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