The impact of an extreme cloud burst on Edinburgh Castle

Simon Tett; YoungHwa Cha; Kate Donovan; Gina-maria Geffers; Ed Hawkins

doi:10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0196.1

The impact of an extreme cloud burst on Edinburgh Castle

Simon Tett, YoungHwa Cha, Kate Donovan, Gina-maria Geffers, Ed Hawkins

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Abstract

An extreme cloudburst on 4 July 2021 damaged Edinburgh Castle. Relative to preindustrial, and based on results from a convective permitting model, observed warming increased the risk by ∼30%, which further increases to ∼70% in a +2-K world.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	E1807–E1816
Journal	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume	104
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-22-0196.1
Publication status	Published - 1 Oct 2023

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Hegerl, G. (Principal Investigator)
NERC
1/10/19 → 30/09/23
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The impact of an extreme cloud burst on Edinburgh Castle

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