Articles | Volume 9, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-1107-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-9-1107-2018
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30 Aug 2018
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Varying soil moisture–atmosphere feedbacks explain divergent temperature extremes and precipitation projections in central Europe

Martha M. Vogel, Jakob Zscheischler, and Sonia I. Seneviratne

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Climate change projections of temperature extremes are particularly uncertain in central Europe. We demonstrate that varying soil moisture–atmosphere feedbacks in current climate models leads to an enhancement of model differences; thus, they can explain the large uncertainties in extreme temperature projections. Using an observation-based constraint, we show that the strong drying and large increase in temperatures exhibited by models on the hottest day in central Europe are highly unlikely.
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