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Revisiting the recent European droughts from a long-term perspective
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SYSNO ASEP 0490710 Document Type J - Journal Article R&D Document Type Journal Article Subsidiary J Článek ve WOS Title Revisiting the recent European droughts from a long-term perspective Author(s) Hanel, M. (CZ)
Rakovec, O. (DE)
Markonis, Y. (CZ)
Máca, P. (CZ)
Samaniego, L. (DE)
Kyselý, Jan (UFA-U) RID, ORCID
Kumar, R. (DE)Number of authors 7 Article number 9499 Source Title Scientific Reports. - : Nature Publishing Group - ISSN 2045-2322
Roč. 8, June 22 (2018)Number of pages 11 s. Language eng - English Country GB - United Kingdom Keywords California drought ; hydrological drought ; water fluxes ; river basin ; land-use ; climate ; model ; reconstruction ; precipitation ; summer Subject RIV DA - Hydrology ; Limnology OECD category Hydrology Institutional support UFA-U - RVO:68378289 UT WOS 000436046500013 EID SCOPUS 85048947489 DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-27464-4 Annotation Early 21st-century droughts in Europe have been broadly regarded as exceptionally severe, substantially affecting a wide range of socio-economic sectors. These extreme events were linked mainly to increases in temperature and record-breaking heatwaves that have been influencing Europe since 2000, in combination with a lack of precipitation during the summer months. Drought propagated through all respective compartments of the hydrological cycle, involving low runoff and prolonged soil moisture deficits. What if these recent droughts are not as extreme as previously thought? Using reconstructed droughts over the last 250 years, we show that although the 2003 and 2015 droughts may be regarded as the most extreme droughts driven by precipitation deficits during the vegetation period, their spatial extent and severity at a long-term European scale are less uncommon. This conclusion is evident in our concurrent investigation of three major drought types – meteorological (precipitation), agricultural (soil moisture) and hydrological (grid-scale runoff) droughts. Additionally, unprecedented drying trends for soil moisture and corresponding increases in the frequency of agricultural droughts are also observed, reflecting the recurring periods of high temperatures. Since intense and extended meteorological droughts may reemerge in the future, our study highlights concerns regarding the impacts of such extreme events when combined with persistent decrease in European soil moisture. Workplace Institute of Atmospheric Physics Contact Kateřina Adamovičová, adamovicova@ufa.cas.cz, Tel.: 272 016 012 ; Kateřina Potužníková, kaca@ufa.cas.cz, Tel.: 272 016 019 Year of Publishing 2019
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