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Xoplaki, Elena
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Ellsäßer, Florian
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Grieger, Jens
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Nissen, Katrin M.
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Pinto, Joaquim G.
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Augenstein, Markus
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Chen, Ting-Chen
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Feldmann, Hendrik
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Friederichs, Petra
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Gliksman, Daniel
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Goulier, Laura
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Haustein, Karsten
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Heinke, Jens
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Jach, Lisa
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Knutzen, Florian
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Kollet, Stefan
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Luterbacher, Jürg
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Luther, Niklas
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Mohr, Susanna
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Mudersbach, Christoph
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Müller, Christoph
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Rousi, Efi
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Simon, Felix
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Suarez-Gutierrez, Laura
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Szemkus, Svenja
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Vallejo-Bernal, Sara M.
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Vlachopoulos, Odysseas
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Wolf, Frederik
dc.date.accessioned
2025-02-11T06:16:35Z
dc.date.available
2025-02-11T06:16:35Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/46549
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-46263
dc.description.abstract
Europe frequently experiences a wide range of extreme events and natural hazards, including heatwaves, extreme precipitation, droughts, cold spells, windstorms, and storm surges. Many of these events do not occur as single extreme events but rather show a multivariate character, known as compound events. We investigate the interactions between extreme weather events, their characteristics, and changes in their intensity and frequency, as well as uncertainties in the past, present, and future. We also explore their impacts on various socio-economic sectors in Germany and central Europe. This contribution highlights several case studies with special focus on 2018, a year marked by an exceptional sequence of compound events across large parts of Europe, resulting in severe impacts on human lives, ecosystems, and infrastructure. We provide new insights into the drivers of spatially and temporally compound events, such as heat and drought, and heavy precipitation combined with extreme winds, and their adverse effects on ecosystems and society, using large-scale atmospheric patterns. We also examine the interannual influence of droughts on surface water and the impact of water scarcity and heatwaves on agriculture and forests. We assess projected changes in compound events at different current and future global surface temperature levels, demonstrating the need for improved quantification of future extreme events to support adaptation planning. Finally, we address research gaps and future directions, stressing the importance of defining composite events primarily in terms of their impacts prior to their statistical characterisation.
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dc.format.extent
24 Seiten
dc.rights
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject
Compound events
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dc.subject
case studies
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dc.subject.ddc
500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::550 Geowissenschaften, Geologie::550 Geowissenschaften
dc.title
Compound events in Germany in 2018: drivers and case studies
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dc.date.updated
2025-02-08T03:43:41Z
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.5194/nhess-25-541-2025
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.number
2
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pagestart
541
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.pageend
564
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
25
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-25-541-2025
refubium.affiliation
Geowissenschaften
refubium.affiliation.other
Institut für Meteorologie

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no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
1684-9981
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DeepGreen