The 2018–2020 Multi‐Year Drought Sets a New Benchmark in Europe
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research · Czech University of Life Sciences Prague · +2 more institutions
Abstract
Abstract During the period 2018–2020, Europe experienced a series of hot and dry weather conditions with significant socioeconomic and environmental consequences. Yet, the extremity of these multi‐year dry conditions is not recognized. Here, we provide a comprehensive spatio‐temporal assessment of the drought hazard over Europe by benchmarking past exceptional events during the period from 1766 to 2020. We identified the 2018–2020 drought event as a new benchmark having an unprecedented intensity that persisted for more than 2 years, exhibiting a mean areal coverage of 35.6% and an average duration of 12.2 months. What makes this event truly exceptional compared with past events is its near‐surface air…
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- 32.72
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- 100%
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- 46
Authors
8- OROldřich RakovecCorresponding
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
- LSLuis SamaniegoCorresponding
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
- VHVittal Hari
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, Indian Institute of Technology Dhanbad
- YMYannis Markonis
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague
- VMVojtěch Moravec
Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, T. G. Masaryk Water Research Institute
Topics & keywords
- Anomaly (physics)
- Climatology
- Benchmarking
- Benchmark (surveying)
- Environmental science
- Climate change
- Period (music)
- Climate model
- Climate action