Open AccessExtreme Precipitation Expected to Increase with Warming Planet
Author(s) -
David Shultz
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2019eo125869
Subject(s) - planet , precipitation , environmental science , global warming , warming up , astrobiology , climate change , climatology , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , geography , geology , oceanography , astrophysics , physics , biology , physiology
A new analysis indicates that the frequency and magnitude of extreme precipitation events are expected to increase as Earth continues to warm.