Articles | Volume 12, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-12-621-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-12-621-2021
Research article
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19 May 2021
Research article |  | 19 May 2021

Space–time dependence of compound hot–dry events in the United States: assessment using a multi-site multi-variable weather generator

Manuela I. Brunner, Eric Gilleland, and Andrew W. Wood

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Compound hot and dry events can lead to severe impacts whose severity may depend on their timescale and spatial extent. Here, we show that the spatial extent and timescale of compound hot–dry events are strongly related, spatial compound event extents are largest at sub-seasonal timescales, and short events are driven more by high temperatures, while longer events are more driven by low precipitation. Future climate impact studies should therefore be performed at different timescales.
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