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Substantial increase in concurrent droughts and heatwaves in the United States
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Significance: Climatic extremes cause significant damage to the environment and society, and can cause even more damage when multiple extremes occur simultaneously. This study shows that although there is no significant trend in meteorological drought, the concurrence of meteorological droughts and heatwaves shows statistically significant increases across the United States. We show that the tail of the distribution of concurrent drought and heatwave conditions has shifted toward more frequent and extreme concurrent extremes. Our study outlines a statistical approach for investigating continuous change in the cumulative distribution functions of climatic extremes.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Mazdiyasni, O., & AghaKouchak, A.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 2015-08-31
- Volume
- 112
- Issue
- 37
- Pages
- 11484-11489
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
- OpenAlex
- W2136800481
- Cited by
- 720
- References
- 39
- FWCI
- 21.76
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
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