Consecutive extreme flooding and heat wave in Japan: Are they becoming a norm?

• Simon S.‐Y. Wang,
• Hyungjun Kim,
• Dim Coumou,
• Jin‐Ho Yoon,
• Lin Zhao,
• Robert R. Gillies

Affiliations

Simon S.‐Y. Wang

Department of Plants, Soils and Climate/Utah Climate Center Utah State University Logan Utah USA

Hyungjun Kim

Institute of Industrial Science University of Tokyo Tokyo Japan

Dim Coumou

Department of Water and Climate Risk, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) VU University Amsterdam Amsterdam The Netherlands

Jin‐Ho Yoon

School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology Gwangju South Korea

Lin Zhao

Key Laboratory of Land Surface Process and Climate Change in Cold and Arid Regions Northwest Institute of Eco‐Environment and Resources, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou Gansu China

Robert R. Gillies

Department of Plants, Soils and Climate/Utah Climate Center Utah State University Logan Utah USA