Increased probability of compound long-duration dry and hot events in Europe during summer (1950–2013)

The propagation of drought from meteorological drought to soil moisture drought can be accelerated by high temperatures during dry periods. The occurrence of extremely long-duration dry periods in combination with extremely high temperatures may drive larger soil moisture deficits than either extrem...

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Main Authors: Colin Manning, Martin Widmann, Emanuele Bevacqua, Anne F Van Loon, Douglas Maraun, Mathieu Vrac
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2019-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab23bf