The role of climate variability in Australian drought

Much of Australia has been in severe drought since at least 2017. Here we link Australian droughts to the absence of Pacific and Indian Ocean mode states that act as key drivers of drought-breaking rains. Predicting the impact of climate change on drought requires accurate modelling of these modes o...

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Published inNature climate change Vol. 10; no. 3; pp. 177 - 179
Main Authors King, Andrew D., Pitman, Andy J., Henley, Benjamin J., Ukkola, Anna M., Brown, Josephine R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.03.2020
Nature Publishing Group
Subjects
704/106
704/106/242
704/106/694/2739
706/2805
Climate Change
Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts
Climate models
Climate variability
Comment
Consortia
Drought
Earth and Environmental Science
El Nino
Environment
Environmental impact
Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice
Floods
Impact prediction
Rain
Seasons
Variability
World War II
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Summary:Much of Australia has been in severe drought since at least 2017. Here we link Australian droughts to the absence of Pacific and Indian Ocean mode states that act as key drivers of drought-breaking rains. Predicting the impact of climate change on drought requires accurate modelling of these modes of variability.
ISSN:1758-678X
1758-6798
DOI:10.1038/s41558-020-0718-z