The record-breaking compound hot and dry 2018 growing season in Germany

Record-breaking hot temperatures were observed in many places around the world in 2018, causing heat-related deaths, crop failure, wildfires and infrastructural damages. In Germany, extremely hot temperatures were accompanied by extremely low precipitation, compounding the impacts. Here we investiga...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Jakob Zscheischler, Erich M. Fischer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2020-09-01
Series:Weather and Climate Extremes
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212094719302002