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• Main drivers: increase in temperature (CEU & MED) together with a lack of precipitation (especially
in MED) during the spring/summer months:
1882−1884
8 1901−1902
drought area covering over 40% of the study domain
6 1947−1948
• The average duration ranks as the fifth, but it’s still 2003−2004
2015−2016
1788−1789
ongoing and propagates further into 2020. 4
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Mean area [% of all domain]
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Results: temporal aspect
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Area [%]
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0 5 10 15 20 25 30 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Duration from onset [month]
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• Maps show the spatial extent of the three most severe soil moisture droughts (1857-1960, 1920-1922,
2018-2019) + the 2003-2004 drought, in terms of total drought duration.
• Our analysis reveals that the 2018-2019 event is a new European drought benchmark replacing
the well-documented 2003 European drought and all droughts prior 2000!
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Thank You!
Contact: Oldrich.Rakovec@ufz.de
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