Hydroclimate Whiplash : Reason Of Wildfire In Los Angeles
According to a study by climate attribution group ClimaMeter, three wildfires that have devastated large parts of the Los Angeles city is mainly due to a ‘hydroclimate whiplash’.
- Hydroclimate Whiplash is rare meteorological condition wherein an extremely wet season is succeeded by an extremely dry season.
- It’s kind of this paradox that as the atmosphere gets warmer, both the amount of water vapour in the atmosphere can increase, and the deficit of water vapour in the atmosphere can also increase exponentially.
- Consequently, as the atmosphere warms, it is able to hold much more water for a longer period before it is eventually released as precipitation.
- It is this relationship between global warming and the atmosphere which leads to the extended periods of dry spells and more intense rainfall when it eventually occurs.
