An integrated analysis of the March 2015 Atacama floods

Abstract In March 2015 unusual ocean and atmospheric conditions produced many years' worth of rainfall in a ~48 h period over northern Chile's Atacama Desert, one of Earth's driest regions, resulting in catastrophic flooding. Here we describe the hydrologic and geomorphic drivers of a...

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Main Authors: Andrew C. Wilcox, Cristian Escauriaza, Roberto Agredano, Emmanuel Mignot, Vicente Zuazo, Sebastián Otárola, Lina Castro, Jorge Gironás, Rodrigo Cienfuegos, Luca Mao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-08-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/2016GL069751
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