Attribution of 2012 and 2003-2012 rainfall deficits in eastern Kenya and southern Somalia
Attribution of 2012 and 2003-2012 rainfall deficits in eastern Kenya and southern Somalia
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10.1175/bams-d-13-00085.1
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2013-09
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8
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Chris C. Funk;G. Husak;J. Michaelsen;S. Shukla;A. Hoell;B. Lyon;M. Hoerling;B. Liebmann;Tao Zhang;J. Verdin;G. Galu;G. Eilerts;James D. Rowland
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作者:
Chris C. Funk;G. Husak;J. Michaelsen;S. Shukla;A. Hoell;B. Lyon;M. Hoerling;B. Liebmann;Tao Zhang;J. Verdin;G. Galu;G. Eilerts;James D. Rowland
The European summer of 2012 was marked by strongly contrasting rainfall anomalies, which led to flooding in northern Europe and droughts and wildfires in southern Europe. This season was not an isolated event, rather the latest in a string of summers characterized by a southward shifted Atlantic storm track as described by the negative phase of the SNAO. The degree of decadal variability in these features suggests a role for forcing from outside the dynamical atmosphere, and preliminary numerical experiments suggest that the global SST and low Arctic sea ice extent anomalies are likely to have played a role and that warm North Atlantic SSTs were a particular contributing factor. The direct effects of changes in radiative forcing from greenhouse gas and aerosol forcing are not included in these experiments, but both anthropogenic forcing and natural variability may have influenced the SST and sea ice changes.