Indian summer monsoon: Extreme events, historical changes, and role of anthropogenic forcings

D Singh, S Ghosh, MK Roxy… - Wiley Interdisciplinary …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The South Asian summer monsoon is a complex coupled human‐natural system that poses
unique challenges for understanding its evolution alongside increasing anthropogenic …

A review of climate change attribution studies

P Zhai, B Zhou, Y Chen - Journal of meteorological research, 2018 - Springer
This paper reviews recent progress in climate change attribution studies. The focus is on the
attribution of observed long-term changes in surface temperature, precipitation, circulation …

Quantifying the influence of global warming on unprecedented extreme climate events

NS Diffenbaugh, D Singh, JS Mankin… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
Efforts to understand the influence of historical global warming on individual extreme climate
events have increased over the past decade. However, despite substantial progress, events …

Using machine learning to analyze physical causes of climate change: A case study of US Midwest extreme precipitation

FV Davenport, NS Diffenbaugh - Geophysical Research Letters, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
While global warming has generally increased the occurrence of extreme precipitation, the
physical mechanisms by which climate change alters regional and local precipitation …

Attributing extreme events to climate change: A new frontier in a warming world

DL Swain, D Singh, D Touma, NS Diffenbaugh - One Earth, 2020 - cell.com
The emerging field of extreme-event attribution (EEA) seeks to answer the question:" Has
climate change influenced the frequency, likelihood, and/or severity of individual extreme …

Lake outburst and debris flow disaster at Kedarnath, June 2013: hydrometeorological triggering and topographic predisposition

SK Allen, P Rastner, M Arora, C Huggel, M Stoffel - Landslides, 2016 - Springer
Heavy rainfall in June 2013 triggered flash flooding and landslides throughout the Indian
Himalayan state of Uttarakhand, killing more than 6000 people. The vast majority of fatalities …

Isolating the impacts of land use and climate change on streamflow

I Chawla, PP Mujumdar - Hydrology and Earth System …, 2015 - hess.copernicus.org
Quantifying the isolated and integrated impacts of land use (LU) and climate change on
streamflow is challenging as well as crucial to optimally manage water resources in river …

Time‐varying extreme rainfall intensity‐duration‐frequency curves in a changing climate

A Sarhadi, ED Soulis - Geophysical Research Letters, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic climate change influences the nature and probabilistic behavior of extreme
climate phenomena over time. Current infrastructure design of water systems, however, is …

Glacial lake outburst flood risk in Himachal Pradesh, India: an integrative and anticipatory approach considering current and future threats

SK Allen, A Linsbauer, SS Randhawa, C Huggel… - Natural Hazards, 2016 - Springer
Glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) are a serious and potentially increasing threat to
livelihoods and infrastructure in most high-mountain regions of the world. Here, we integrate …

Future glacial lakes in High Mountain Asia: an inventory and assessment of hazard potential from surrounding slopes

W Furian, D Loibl, C Schneider - Journal of Glaciology, 2021 - cambridge.org
Bedrock overdeepenings exposed by continued glacial retreat can store precipitation and
meltwater, potentially leading to the formation of new proglacial lakes. These lakes may …