Physical Understanding of Human-Induced Changes in U.S. Hot Droughts Using Equilibrium Climate Simulations

Cheng, Linyin; Hoerling, Martin; Liu, Zhiyong; Eischeid, Jon

doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0611.1

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Physical Understanding of Human-Induced Changes in U.S. Hot Droughts Using Equilibrium Climate Simulations

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2019
By Cheng, Linyin ; Hoerling, Martin ; Liu, Zhiyong ; ...

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Journal of Climate
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Cheng, Linyin ; Hoerling, Martin ; Liu, Zhiyong ; Eischeid, Jon
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OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; CPO (Climate Program Office) ; ESRL (Earth System Research Laboratory) ; PSL (Physical Sciences Laboratory) ; CIRES (Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences)
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Although the link between droughts and heat waves is widely recognized, how climate change affects this link remains uncertain. Here we assess how, and by how much, human-induced climate change affects summertime hot drought compound events over the contiguous United States. Results are derived by comparing hot drought statistics in long simulations of a coupled climate model (CESM1) subjected to year-1850 and year-2000 radiative forcings.
Keywords:

Climatology Droughts Mathematical Models Mathematical Models
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Journal of Climate, 32(14), 4431-4443.
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https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-18-0611.1
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United States
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