The patterns, magnitude, and drivers of unprecedented 2022 mega-drought in the Yangtze River Basin, China

The Yangtze River Basin in China was hit by an unprecedented extreme drought in 2022. Such a record-breaking event is jointly driven by a few outlier factors and shows abnormal phenomena. The exceptionality of this drought event cannot be fully described by any individual indicator. Therefore, we pe...

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Published in:	Environmental Research Letters
Main Authors:	Yi Liu, Shanshui Yuan, Ye Zhu, Liliang Ren, Ruiqi Chen, Xiaotong Zhu, Ruize Xia
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2023-01-01
Subjects:	drought Yangtze River Basin rapid intensification high temperatures abrupt alteration of precipitation
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/acfe21