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Projected change in meteorological drought frequency between the periods 1981-2010 and 2041-2070 under two climate change scenarios

Figure Created 05 Jul 2024 Last modified 17 Jul 2024

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Topics: Climate change adaptation Water and marine environment

Left map: Scenario RCP4.5 (Representative Concentration Pathway); right map: Scenario RCP8.5 (Representative Concentration Pathway). The lines represent the areas in which at least two thirds of the simulations used agree on the sign of the change.

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Units:: Number of events per 10 years
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The copyright statement should therefore acknowledge the data sources: EURO-CORDEX within the CORDEX Initiative, as well as the EEA Copyright Notice (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright).
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Original publication: JRC: Science for Disaster Risk Management 2017, doi:10.2788/842809, Figure 3.36 (modified for different time period).

RCP 4.5 represents an intermediate greenhouse case emissions scenario, and RCP 8.5 a high greenhouse gas emissions scenario.

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