Flash drought in Australia and its relationship to evaporative demand

Flash droughts can be distinguished by rapid intensification from near-normal soil moisture to drought conditions in a matter of weeks. Here, we provide the first characterisation of a climatology of flash drought across Australia using a suite of indices. The experiment is designed to capture a ran...

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Main Authors: Tess Parker, Ailie Gallant, Mike Hobbins, David Hoffmann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2021-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/abfe2c