TOTAL AND EXTREME PRECIPITATION CHANGES OVER THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES.

ABSTRACT: The Northeastern United States has experienced a large increase in precipitation over recent decades. Annual and seasonal changes of total and extreme precipitation from station observations in the Northeast are assessed over multiple time periods spanning 1901-2014. Spatially averaged, both annual total and extreme precipitation across the Northeast have increased significantly since 1901, with changepoints occurring in 2002 and 1996, respectively. Annual extreme precipitation has experienced a larger increase than total precipitation; extreme precipitation from 1996-2014 was 53% higher than from 1901-1995. Spatially, coastal areas received more total and extreme precipitation on average, but increases across the changepoints are distributed fairly uniformly across the domain. Increases i

SUBMITTER: Huang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7398346 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature