Two-year consecutive concurrences of positive Indian Ocean Dipole and Central Pacific El Niño preconditioned the 2019/2020 Australian “black summer” bushfires

Abstract The 2019/20 Australian black summer bushfires were particularly severe in many respects, including its early commencement, large spatial coverage, and large number of burning days, preceded by record dry and hot anomalies. Determining whether greenhouse warming has played a role is an impor...

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Main Authors: Guojian Wang, Wenju Cai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-11-01
Series:Geoscience Letters
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40562-020-00168-2