The defining characteristics of ENSO extremes and the strong 2015/2016 El Niño

A Santoso, MJ Mcphaden, W Cai - Reviews of Geophysics, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The year 2015 was special for climate scientists, particularly for the El Niño Southern
Oscillation (ENSO) research community, as a major El Niño finally materialized after a long …

[HTML][HTML] Global observed long-term changes in temperature and precipitation extremes: A review of progress and limitations in IPCC assessments and beyond

LV Alexander - Weather and Climate Extremes, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) first attempted a global
assessment of long-term changes in temperature and precipitation extremes in its Third …

Weather and climate extreme events in a changing climate

SI Seneviratne, X Zhang, M Adnan, W Badi… - 2021 - centaur.reading.ac.uk
Caption: Table A. 11. 2. Synthesis table summarising assessments presented in Tables 11.4-
11.21 for hot extremes (HOT EXT.), heavy precipitation (HEAVY PRECIP.), agriculture and …

ESA CCI Soil Moisture for improved Earth system understanding: State-of-the art and future directions

W Dorigo, W Wagner, C Albergel, F Albrecht… - Remote Sensing of …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Climate Data Records of soil moisture are fundamental for improving our
understanding of long-term dynamics in the coupled water, energy, and carbon cycles over …

Siberian carbon sink reduced by forest disturbances

L Fan, JP Wigneron, P Ciais, J Chave, M Brandt… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Siberian forests are generally thought to have acted as an important carbon sink over recent
decades, but exposure to severe droughts and fire disturbances may have impacted their …

A multi-decade record of high-quality fCO2 data in version 3 of the Surface Ocean CO2 Atlas (SOCAT)

DCE Bakker, B Pfeil, CS Landa, N Metzl… - Earth System …, 2016 - essd.copernicus.org
The Surface Ocean CO 2 Atlas (SOCAT) is a synthesis of quality-controlled fCO 2 (fugacity of
carbon dioxide) values for the global surface oceans and coastal seas with regular updates …

Climate change trends and impacts on California agriculture: a detailed review

TB Pathak, ML Maskey, JA Dahlberg, F Kearns… - Agronomy, 2018 - mdpi.com
California is a global leader in the agricultural sector and produces more than 400 types of
commodities. The state produces over a third of the country's vegetables and two-thirds of its …

Europe under multi-year droughts: how severe was the 2014–2018 drought period?

V Moravec, Y Markonis, O Rakovec… - Environmental …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The recent dry and warm years in Europe are often assessed as extreme in terms of socio-
economic and environmental losses. However, the impact of a drought is a function of its …

The Ozone Monitoring Instrument: overview of 14 years in space

PF Levelt, J Joiner, J Tamminen… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
This overview paper highlights the successes of the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) on
board the Aura satellite spanning a period of nearly 14 years. Data from OMI has been used …

Detecting recovery of the stratospheric ozone layer

MP Chipperfield, S Bekki, S Dhomse, NRP Harris… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
As a result of the 1987 Montreal Protocol and its amendments, the atmospheric loading of
anthropogenic ozone-depleting substances is decreasing. Accordingly, the stratospheric …