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A dynamical adjustment perspective on extreme event attribution
Laurent Terray
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CECI, Université de Toulouse, CERFACS/CNRS, Toulouse, France
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Short summary
Attribution of the causes of extreme temperature events has become active research due to the wide-ranging impacts of recent heat waves and cold spells. Here we show that a purely observational approach based on atmospheric circulation analogues and resampling provides a robust quantification of the various dynamic and thermodynamic contributions to specific extreme temperature events. The approach can easily be integrated in the toolbox of any real-time extreme event attribution system.
Attribution of the causes of extreme temperature events has become active research due to the...
