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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-2875-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-2875-2024
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29 Aug 2024
Research article |  | 29 Aug 2024

Exploring the sensitivity of extreme event attribution of two recent extreme weather events in Sweden using long-running meteorological observations

Erik Holmgren and Erik Kjellström

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Associating extreme weather events with changes in the climate remains difficult. We have explored two ways these relationships can be investigated: one using a more common method and one relying solely on long-running records of meteorological observations.

Our results show that while both methods lead to similar conclusions for two recent weather events in Sweden, the commonly used method risks underestimating the strength of the connection between the event and changes to the climate.

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