Hot Drought of Summer 2023 in Southwestern North America
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DOI: 10.1029/2025gl118308
Abstract: Hot droughts, or compound drought and heatwaves, have a significant impact on arid regions in southwestern North America (SWNA). In the summer of 2023, SWNA experienced unusually intense hot droughts during both the daytime and… read more here.
Keywords: drought; southwestern north; north america; hot drought ... See more keywords
The role of Rossby wave dynamics in spatially compounding heatwaves in mid-summer 2023
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DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/adb768
Abstract: In July 2023, a series of heat extremes hit the Northern Hemisphere, which posed threats to vulnerable populations and societal infrastructure in Eastern Canada, the Mediterranean, and Central Asia. However, whether these record-shattering extremes were… read more here.
Keywords: mid summer; summer 2023; compounding heatwaves; july 2023 ... See more keywords