Anthropogenic influence on the drivers of the Western Cape drought 2015–2017

Anthropogenic influence on the drivers of the Western Cape drought 2015–2017

In the period 2015–2017, the Western Cape region has suffered from three consecutive years of below average rainfall—leading to a prolonged drought and acute water shortages, most prominently in the city of Cape Town. After testing that the precipitation deficit is the primary driver behind the redu...

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Main Authors: Friederike E L Otto, Piotr Wolski, Flavio Lehner, Claudia Tebaldi, Geert Jan van Oldenborgh, Sanne Hogesteeger, Roop Singh, Petra Holden, Neven S Fučkar, Romaric C Odoulami, Mark New
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2018-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
Subjects:
extreme event attribution
drought
climate change
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aae9f9

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aae9f9

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