SEVERE PRECIPITATION IN NORTHERN INDIA IN JUNE 2013: CAUSES, HISTORICAL CONTEXT, AND CHANGES IN PROBABILITY

[...]the flood region recorded the highest total accumulated June precipitation in the 1951-2013 record, with the previous maximum June total equaled by 17 June and exceeded by 31% by the end of the month (Fig. 17.1b). [...]the co-occurrence of upper-level blocking with tropical moisture advection i...

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Published in:Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 2014-09, Vol.95 (9), p.S58
Main Authors: Singh, Deepti, Horton, Daniel E, Tsiang, Michael, Haugen, Matz, Ashfaq, Moetasim, Mei, Rui, Rastogi, Deeksha, Johnson, Nathaniel C, Charland, Allison, Rajaratnam, Bala, Diffenbaugh, Noah S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atmosphere
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
Floods
Landslides & mudslides
Meteorology
Precipitation
Probability
Rain
Standard deviation
Wind shear
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Summary:[...]the flood region recorded the highest total accumulated June precipitation in the 1951-2013 record, with the previous maximum June total equaled by 17 June and exceeded by 31% by the end of the month (Fig. 17.1b). [...]the co-occurrence of upper-level blocking with tropical moisture advection is similar to the conditions identified during the July 2010 Pakistan floods and during heavy precipitation events that occur during the core monsoon season (Hong et al. 2011; Houze et al. 2011; Lau and Kim 2011; Ullah and Shouting 2013; Webster et al. 2011).\n2 (Supplementary Fig.
ISSN:0003-0007
1520-0477