Water Year 2021 Compound Precipitation and Temperature Extremes in California and Nevada
Andrew Hoell, Xiao‐Wei Quan, Martin P. Hoerling, Henry F. Díaz, Rong Fu, Cenlin He, Joel Lisonbee, Justin Mankin, Richard Seager, Amanda Sheffield, Isla R. Simpson, Eugene R. Wahl
Abstract
Anthropogenically forced-warming and La Niña forced-precipitation deficits caused at least a sixfold risk increase for compound extreme low precipitation and high temperature in California–Nevada from October 2020 to September 2021.
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