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Recent extreme drought events in the Amazon rainforest: assessment of different precipitation and evapotranspiration datasets and drought indicators
Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Life
Sciences, Freising, Germany
Christian S. Zang
Department of Forestry, Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences, Freising, Germany
Zlatan Angelov
Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Life
Sciences, Freising, Germany
Aline Anderson de Castro
Earth System Sciences Centre, National Institute for Spatial Research, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
Juan Carlos Jimenez
GCU/IPL, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Luiz Felipe Campos De Rezende
Earth System Sciences Centre, National Institute for Spatial Research, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
Romina C. Ruscica
Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera (CIMA), Universidad de Buenos Aires–CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Instituto Franco-Argentino para el Estudio del Clima y sus
Impactos (IRL 3351 IFAECI), CNRS–IRD–CONICET–UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Boris Sakschewski
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Leibniz Association, Telegrafenberg A31, Potsdam, Germany
Anna A. Sörensson
Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera (CIMA), Universidad de Buenos Aires–CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Instituto Franco-Argentino para el Estudio del Clima y sus
Impactos (IRL 3351 IFAECI), CNRS–IRD–CONICET–UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Kirsten Thonicke
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), Leibniz Association, Telegrafenberg A31, Potsdam, Germany
Carolina Vera
Departamento de Ciencias de la Atmósfera y los Océanos, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Centro de Investigaciones del Mar y la Atmósfera (CIMA), Universidad de Buenos Aires–CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Instituto Franco-Argentino para el Estudio del Clima y sus
Impactos (IRL 3351 IFAECI), CNRS–IRD–CONICET–UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nicolas Viovy
LSCE, CEA–CNRS–Université Paris-Saclay, Saclay, France
Celso Von Randow
Earth System Sciences Centre, National Institute for Spatial Research, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil
Anja Rammig
Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Life
Sciences, Freising, Germany
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The Amazon rainforest has been hit by multiple severe drought events. In this study, we assess the severity and spatial extent of the extreme drought years 2005, 2010 and 2015/16 in the Amazon. Using nine different precipitation datasets and three drought indicators we find large differences in drought stress across the Amazon region. We conclude that future studies should use multiple rainfall datasets and drought indicators when estimating the impact of drought stress in the Amazon region.
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