Drivers behind the summer 2010 wave train leading to Russian heatwave and Pakistan flooding

Abstract Summer 2010 saw two simultaneous extremes linked by an atmospheric wave train: a record-breaking heatwave in Russia and severe floods in Pakistan. Here, we study this wave event using a large ensemble climate model experiment. First, we show that the circulation in 2010 reflected a recurren...

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Main Authors: G. Di Capua, S. Sparrow, K. Kornhuber, E. Rousi, S. Osprey, D. Wallom, B. van den Hurk, D. Coumou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-11-01
Series:npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-021-00211-9