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WEATHER
Volume 68, Issue 4, Pages 88-95Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/wea.2101
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- Natural Environment Research Council [ceh010022] Funding Source: researchfish
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The inherent variability of the UK's climate achieved an extreme expression in 2012 when one of the most significant prolonged droughts for a century was dramatically terminated by the wettest April to July over England and Wales in almost 250years. Through late spring and summer, runoff and aquifer recharge rates increased steeply and there were numerous instances of flooding, underlining a hydrological transformation with no close modern parallel at this time of year. This paper reviews the development, severity and impacts of the 20102012 drought. It is intended that a companion paper will examine the exceptionally wet conditions which began in April2012 and resulted in runoff and aquifer recharge patterns very rarely experienced during the summer half-year.
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