--- attributes: ~ caption: 'Maps show the increase in frequency of extreme daily precipitation events (a daily amount that now occurs just once in 20 years) by the later part of this century (2081-2100) compared to the latter part of the last century (1981-2000). Such extreme events are projected to occur more frequently everywhere in the United States. Under a rapid emissions reduction scenario (RCP 2.6), these events would occur nearly twice as often. For a scenario assuming continued increases in emissions (RCP 8.5), these events would occur up to five times as often. (Figure source: NOAA NCDC / CICS-NC).' chapter: description: ~ display_name: 'Chapter 9: Human Health' doi: 10.7930/J0PN93H5 identifier: human-health number: 9 report_identifier: nca3 sort_key: 90 title: Human Health url: http://nca2014.globalchange.gov/report/sectors/human-health chapter_identifier: human-health cited_by: [] contributors: - display_name: 'Scientist : Michael Wehner (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) ' href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/3757.yaml id: 3757 organization: country_code: US display_name: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory identifier: lawrence-berkeley-national-laboratory name: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory organization_type_identifier: federally funded research and development center type: organization url: http://www.lbl.gov/ organization_uri: /organization/lawrence-berkeley-national-laboratory person: display_name: Michael Wehner first_name: Michael id: 1026 last_name: Wehner middle_name: ~ orcid: 0000-0001-5991-0082 type: person url: http://crd.lbl.gov/groups-depts/SCG/staff/staff-members/michael-wehner/ person_id: 1026 person_uri: /person/1026 role_type_identifier: scientist uri: /contributor/3757 create_dt: 2014-04-28T14:01:34 description: 'Maps show the increase in frequency of extreme daily precipitation events (a daily amount that now occurs just once in 20 years) by the later part of this century (2081-2100) compared to the latter part of the last century (1981-2000). Such extreme events are projected to occur more frequently everywhere in the United States. Under a rapid emissions reduction scenario (RCP 2.6), these events would occur nearly twice as often. For a scenario assuming continued increases in emissions (RCP 8.5), these events would occur up to five times as often. 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