Effect of Baseline Period on Quantification of Climate Extremes over the United States

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2022-11-28

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This work was written as part of one of the author's official duties as an Employee of the United States Government and is therefore a work of the United States Government. In accordance with 17 U.S.C. 105, no copyright protection is available for such works under U.S. Law.
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Abstract

As global and regional climate continues to change, the interpretation of extreme events is increasingly reliant on the choice of baseline climatology period, and this can be a source of uncertainty for the public.