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https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-2645-2023
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-2645-2023
Research article
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19 Jul 2023
Research article |  | 19 Jul 2023

The role of atmospheric rivers in the distribution of heavy precipitation events over North America

Sara M. Vallejo-Bernal, Frederik Wolf, Niklas Boers, Dominik Traxl, Norbert Marwan, and Jürgen Kurths

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Employing event synchronization and complex networks analysis, we reveal a cascade of heavy rainfall events, related to intense atmospheric rivers (ARs): heavy precipitation events (HPEs) in western North America (NA) that occur in the aftermath of land-falling ARs are synchronized with HPEs in central and eastern Canada with a delay of up to 12 d. Understanding the effects of ARs in the rainfall over NA will lead to better anticipating the evolution of the climate dynamics in the region.
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