following US Census Bureau projections of the contiguous US growing to almost 400 million people by 2050. Models of socio-economic change are commonly laden with assumptions—for instance, the continuation of h
The data are publicly available from the United States Census Bureau (https://www.census.gov/en.html). Categorization method A change in extreme precipitation is categorized by accounting for the national standard's confidence intervals (CI). The NOAA Atlas 14 provides 90% CIs as the upper ...
15 Other regional weather patterns like rainfall may also play a role, and future research should examine which climate or built environment factors, if any, explain the variation in these patterns to identify potential prevention opportunities. Our findings also shed light on previous studies11-13 ...
Metrics Abstract By producing a first-of-its-kind, decadal-scale wildfire plume rise climatology in the Western U.S. and Canada, we identify trends toward enhanced plume top heights, aerosol loading aloft, and near-surface smoke injection throughout the American West. Positive and significant plum...