PFISTER, Christian, Otakar WETTER, Rudolf BRÁZDIL, Petr DOBROVOLNÝ, R. GLASER, Juerg LUTERBACHER, SI. SENEVIRATNE, E. ZORITA, MJ. ALCOFORADO, M. BARRIENDOS, U. BIEBER, KH. BURMEISTER, C. CAMENISCH, A. CONTINO, U. GRUNEWALD, J. HERGET, I. HIMMELSBACH, T. LABBÉ, Danuta LIMANÓWKA, L. LITZENBURGER, Andrea KISS, Oldřich KOTYZA, O. NORDLI, K. PRIBYL, D. RETSO, D. RIEMANN, Christian ROHR, W. SIEGFRIED, JL. SPRING, J. SODERBERG, S. WAGNER and JP. WERNER. Tree-rings and people - different views on the 1540 Megadrought. Reply to Buntgen et al. 2015. DORDRECHT: SPRINGER, 2015, 8 pp. ISSN 0165-0009. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-015-1429-8.
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Original name Tree-rings and people - different views on the 1540 Megadrought. Reply to Buntgen et al. 2015
Authors PFISTER, Christian (756 Switzerland, guarantor), Otakar WETTER (756 Switzerland), Rudolf BRÁZDIL (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Petr DOBROVOLNÝ (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), R. GLASER (276 Germany), Juerg LUTERBACHER (756 Switzerland), SI. SENEVIRATNE (380 Italy), E. ZORITA (724 Spain), MJ. ALCOFORADO (620 Portugal), M. BARRIENDOS (724 Spain), U. BIEBER (40 Austria), KH. BURMEISTER (276 Germany), C. CAMENISCH (756 Switzerland), A. CONTINO (380 Italy), U. GRUNEWALD (276 Germany), J. HERGET (276 Germany), I. HIMMELSBACH (276 Germany), T. LABBÉ (276 Germany), Danuta LIMANÓWKA (616 Poland), L. LITZENBURGER (276 Germany), Andrea KISS (348 Hungary), Oldřich KOTYZA (203 Czech Republic), O. NORDLI (578 Norway), K. PRIBYL (756 Switzerland), D. RETSO (752 Sweden), D. RIEMANN (276 Germany), Christian ROHR (40 Austria), W. SIEGFRIED (756 Switzerland), JL. SPRING (756 Switzerland), J. SODERBERG (752 Sweden), S. WAGNER (276 Germany) and JP. WERNER (276 Germany).
Edition DORDRECHT, 8 pp. 2015.
Publisher SPRINGER
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Original language English
Type of outcome Special-purpose publication
Field of Study 10500 1.5. Earth and related environmental sciences
Country of publisher Netherlands
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
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Impact factor Impact factor: 3.344
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14310/15:00081169
Organization unit Faculty of Science
ISSN 0165-0009
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10584-015-1429-8
UT WoS 000357037700002
Keywords in English drought; warmer; heat
Tags AKR
Tags International impact, Reviewed
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Abstract
Büntgen et al. (2015; hereinafter B15) present the result of new research which question the results of Wetter et al. 2014, (hereinafter W14) and Wetter et al. (2013, hereinafter W13)regarding European climate in 1540. B15 conclude from tree-ring evidence that the results based on documentary data of W14 probably overstated the intensity and duration of the 1540 drought event. W14 termed it Megadrought because of its extreme duration and spatial extent compared to other drought events in central Europe, although they note that the term is generally used for decadal rather than for single-year droughts (Seneviratne et al. 2012). We take the opportunity to recall the following issues. Firstly, when dealing with drought the complexity of this phenomenon should be kept in mind. Meteorological drought defined as a large negative precipitation anomaly during a certain period can trigger agricultural, hydrological, groundwater and socioeconomic droughts. Lloyd-Hughes (2013] and references cited herein) concluded that any workable objective definition of drought does not exist. To quantify droughts, various indices based on precipitation, temperature and evapotranspiration are used such as the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI), Standardized Precipitation Evapotranspiration Index (SPEI), Z-index and PDSI. Their calculation depends on different periods (seasons, combination of months) and so different indices may classify the same drought episode differently (e.g. Brázdil et al.2014).
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