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SUBMITTER: Bastos A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7286671 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bastos A A Ciais P P Friedlingstein P P Sitch S S Pongratz J J Fan L L Wigneron J P JP Weber U U Reichstein M M Fu Z Z Anthoni P P Arneth A A Haverd V V Jain A K AK Joetzjer E E Knauer J J Lienert S S Loughran T T McGuire P C PC Tian H H Viovy N N Zaehle S S
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In summer 2018, central and northern Europe were stricken by extreme drought and heat (DH2018). The DH2018 differed from previous events in being preceded by extreme spring warming and brightening, but moderate rainfall deficits, yet registering the fastest transition between wet winter conditions and extreme summer drought. Using 11 vegetation models, we show that spring conditions promoted increased vegetation growth, which, in turn, contributed to fast soil moisture depletion, amplifying the ...[more]