Extreme Weather
New index shows water supplies increasingly rely on extreme rainfall
Researchers at the University of Michigan have proposed a new metric that measures how much of a region’s annual rainfall arrives in short, intense bursts rather than in steadier, more manageable storms. The Extreme Precipitation Dependency Index, or EPDI, quantifies the share of yearly precipitation delivered by events above the 99th percentile, and the study’s […]
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