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EEE 2015: The 2014/15 Snowpack Drought in Washington State and its Climate Forcing
Main finding:
The 2014/15 snowpack drought resulted from exceedingly high temperatures notwithstanding normal precipitation—a drought type that may reoccur due to accelerated anthropogenic warming and aggravated by naturally driven low precipitation.
Longer report:
EEE 2015 = Explaining Extreme Events of 2015 from a Climate Perspective
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