Quantifying impacts of the 2018 drought on European ecosystems in comparison to 2003

Buras, Allan; Rammig, Anja; Zang, Christian S.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1655-2020

Articles | Volume 17, issue 6

https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1655-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1655-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 17, issue 6

Research article

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27 Mar 2020

Research article |

| 27 Mar 2020

Quantifying impacts of the 2018 drought on European ecosystems in comparison to 2003

Allan Buras, Anja Rammig, and Christian S. Zang

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https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-17-1655-2020-supplement

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Supplementary video V1 – Spatiotemporal development of Tmax Allan Buras, Anja Rammig, and Christian Zang https://doi.org/10.5446/44027

Supplementary video V2 – Spatiotemporal development of CWB Allan Buras, Anja Rammig, and Christian Zang https://doi.org/10.5446/44028

Supplementary video V3 – Spatiotemporal development of MODIS NDVI quantiles Allan Buras, Anja Rammig, and Christian Zang https://doi.org/10.5446/44029

Supplementary video V4 – Spatiotemporal development of MODIS EVI quantiles Allan Buras, Anja Rammig, and Christian Zang https://doi.org/10.5446/44030

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This study compares the climatic conditions and ecosystem response of the extreme European drought of 2018 with the previous extreme drought of 2003. Using gridded climate data and satellite-based remote sensing information, our analyses qualify 2018 as the new European record drought with wide-ranging negative impacts on European ecosystems. Given the observation of forest-legacy effects in 2019 we call for Europe-wide forest monitoring to assess forest vulnerability to climate change.