Responses and impacts of atmospheric rivers to climate change

AE Payne, ME Demory, LR Leung, AM Ramos… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2020 - nature.com
Atmospheric rivers (ARs) are characterized by intense moisture transport, which, on landfall,
produce precipitation which can be both beneficial and destructive. ARs in California, for …

Geomorphic and sedimentary effects of modern climate change: Current and anticipated future conditions in the western United States

AE East, JB Sankey - Reviews of Geophysics, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Hydroclimatic changes associated with global warming over the past 50 years have been
documented widely, but physical landscape responses are poorly understood thus far …

Precipitation regime change in Western North America: the role of atmospheric rivers

A Gershunov, T Shulgina, RES Clemesha, K Guirguis… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Daily precipitation in California has been projected to become less frequent even as
precipitation extremes intensify, leading to uncertainty in the overall response to climate …

Precipitation in a warming world: Assessing projected hydro-climate changes in California and other Mediterranean climate regions

SD Polade, A Gershunov, DR Cayan, MD Dettinger… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract In most Mediterranean climate (MedClim) regions around the world, global climate
models (GCMs) consistently project drier futures. In California, however, projections of …

Atmospheric river tracking method intercomparison project (ARTMIP): Project goals and experimental design

CA Shields, JJ Rutz, LY Leung… - Geoscientific Model …, 2018 - gmd.copernicus.org
The Atmospheric River Tracking Method Intercomparison Project (ARTMIP) is an
international collaborative effort to understand and quantify the uncertainties in atmospheric …

A shift from drought to extreme rainfall drives a stable landslide to catastrophic failure

AL Handwerger, MH Huang, EJ Fielding, AM Booth… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
The addition of water on or below the earth's surface generates changes in stress that can
trigger both stable and unstable sliding of landslides and faults. While these sliding …

The atmospheric river tracking method intercomparison project (ARTMIP): Quantifying uncertainties in atmospheric river climatology

JJ Rutz, CA Shields, JM Lora, AE Payne… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric rivers (ARs) are now widely known for their association with high‐impact
weather events and long‐term water supply in many regions. Researchers within the …

Future changes in global atmospheric rivers projected by CMIP6 models

L Zhang, Y Zhao, TF Cheng… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the present and future features of atmospheric rivers (ARs) is critical for
effective disaster prevention and mitigation efforts. This study comprehensively assesses the …

Atmospheric rivers drive flood damages in the western United States

TW Corringham, FM Ralph, A Gershunov… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
Atmospheric rivers (ARs) are extratropical storms that produce extreme precipitation on the
west coasts of the world's major landmasses. In the United States, ARs cause significant …

From California's extreme drought to major flooding: evaluating and synthesizing experimental seasonal and subseasonal forecasts of landfalling atmospheric rivers …

MJ DeFlorio, A Sengupta… - Bulletin of the …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
California experienced a historic run of nine consecutive landfalling atmospheric rivers
(ARs) in three weeks' time during winter 2022/23. Following three years of drought from …