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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Substantial increase in concurrent droughts and heatwaves in the United States
Contributor:
Mazdiyasni, Omid;
AghaKouchak, Amir
Published:
National Academy of Sciences, 2015
Published in:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 112 (2015) 37, Seite 11484-11489
Language:
English
ISSN:
0027-8424;
1091-6490
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
A combination of climate events (e.g., low precipitation and high temperatures) may cause a significant impact on the ecosystem and society, although individual events involved may not be severe extremes themselves. Analyzing historical changes in concurrent climate extremes is critical to preparing for and mitigating the negative effects of climatic change and variability. This study focuses on the changes in concurrences of heatwaves and meteorological droughts from 1960 to 2010. Despite an apparent hiatus in rising temperature and no significant trend in droughts, we show a substantial increase in concurrent droughts and heatwaves across most parts of the United States, and a statistically significant shift in the distribution of concurrent extremes. Although commonly used trend analysis methods do not show any trend in concurrent droughts and heatwaves, a unique statistical approach discussed in this study exhibits a statistically significant change in the distribution of the data.