Extreme Fire Season in California: A Glimpse Into the Future?

Yoon, Jin-Ho; Kravitz, Ben; Rasch, Philip J.; Simon Wang, S. -Y.; Gillies, Robert R.; Hipps, Lawrence

doi:10.1175/BAMS-EEE_2014_ch2.1

Extreme Fire Season in California: A Glimpse Into the Future?

Journal Article · Mon Mar 14 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-EEE_2014_ch2.1· OSTI ID:1240234

Yoon, Jin-Ho ^[1]; Kravitz, Ben ^[1]; Rasch, Philip J. ^[1]; Simon Wang, S. -Y. ^[2]; Gillies, Robert R. ^[2]; Hipps, Lawrence ^[2]

Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Utah State Univ., Logan, UT (United States)

Understanding how long-term global change affects the intensity and likelihood of extreme weather events is a frontier science challenge. This fourth edition of explaining extreme events of the previous year (2014) from a climate perspective is the most extensive yet with 33 different research groups exploring the causes of 29 different events that occurred in 2014. Here, a number of this year’s studies indicate that human-caused climate change greatly increased the likelihood and intensity for extreme heat waves in 2014 over various regions. For other types of extreme events, such as droughts, heavy rains, and winter storms, a climate change influence was found in some instances and not in others.

Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: NSF; USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1240234

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA--109428; KP1703020

Journal Information:: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, Journal Name: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 96; ISSN 0003-0007

Publisher:: American Meteorological SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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