Articles | Volume 24, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-1099-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-1099-2024
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03 Apr 2024
Research article |  | 03 Apr 2024

Amplified potential for vegetation stress under climate-change-induced intensifying compound extreme events in the Greater Mediterranean Region

Patrick Olschewski, Mame Diarra Bousso Dieng, Hassane Moutahir, Brian Böker, Edwin Haas, Harald Kunstmann, and Patrick Laux

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ERA5 hourly data on single levels from 1940 to present H. Hersbach et al. https://doi.org/10.24381/cds.adbb2d47

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We applied a multivariate and dependency-preserving bias correction method to climate model output for the Greater Mediterranean Region and investigated potential changes in false-spring events (FSEs) and heat–drought compound events (HDCEs). Results project an increase in the frequency of FSEs in middle and late spring as well as increases in frequency, intensity, and duration for HDCEs. This will potentially aggravate the risk of crop loss and failure and negatively impact food security.
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