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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-2201-2021
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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-2201-2021
© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
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Research article
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21 Oct 2021
Research article |
| 21 Oct 2021
| 21 Oct 2021
The 1921 European drought: impacts, reconstruction and drivers
Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute, De Bilt, the Netherlands
Richard P. Allan
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
National Centre for Earth Observation, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
Albert Ossó
Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
Pedro M. Sousa
Institute of Geography, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Hans Van de Vyver
Royal Meteorological Institute, Uccle, Belgium
Bert Van Schaeybroeck
Royal Meteorological Institute, Uccle, Belgium
Roberto Coscarelli
National Research Council of Italy, Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection CNR-IRPI, Rende, Italy
Angela A. Pasqua
National Research Council of Italy, Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection CNR-IRPI, Rende, Italy
Olga Petrucci
National Research Council of Italy, Research Institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection CNR-IRPI, Rende, Italy
Mary Curley
Met Éireann, Dublin, Ireland
Mirosław Mietus
Institute of Meteorology and Water Management, Warsaw, Poland
Janusz Filipiak
Department of Meteorology and Climatology, Institute of Geography, Faculty of Oceanography and Geography, University of Gdańsk, Gdańsk, Poland
Petr Štěpánek
Global Change Research Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
Pavel Zahradníček
Global Change Research Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
Rudolf Brázdil
Global Change Research Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
Institute of Geography, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Ladislava Řezníčková
Global Change Research Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
Institute of Geography, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
Else J. M. van den Besselaar
Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom
Ricardo Trigo
Instituto Dom Luiz (IDL), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
Enric Aguilar
Center for Climate Change (C3), Universtitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain
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The 1921 drought was the most severe drought to hit Europe since the start of the 20th century. Here the climatological description of the drought is coupled to an overview of its impacts, sourced from newspapers, and an analysis of its drivers. The area from Ireland to the Ukraine was affected but hardest hit was the triangle between Brussels, Paris and Lyon. The drought impacts lingered on until well into autumn and winter, affecting water supply and agriculture and livestock farming.
The 1921 drought was the most severe drought to hit Europe since the start of the 20th century....
