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https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-887-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-887-2021
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22 Apr 2021
Research article |  | 22 Apr 2021

Dynamics of the Mediterranean droughts from 850 to 2099 CE in the Community Earth System Model

Woon Mi Kim and Christoph C. Raible

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The analysis of the dynamics of western central Mediterranean droughts for 850–2099 CE in the Community Earth System Model indicates that past Mediterranean droughts were driven by the internal variability. This internal variability is more important during the initial years of droughts. During the transition years, the longevity of droughts is defined by the land–atmosphere feedbacks. In the future, this land–atmosphere feedbacks are intensified, causing a constant dryness over the region.