Amir AghaKouchak

Improved Skills for Predicting Sub‐Seasonal to Seasonal Global Sea Surface Temperature

ABSTRACT Accurate prediction of global sea surface temperature at sub‐seasonal to seasonal (S2S) timescales is critical for drought and flood forecasting, as well as for improving disaster preparedness in human society. Operational physics‐based numerical models are run to predic...

Anthropogenic aerosol reduction contributes to faster flash drought onset in a changing climate

Flash droughts have emerged as severe hazards, posing growing challenges to natural and socioeconomic systems, yet the influence of recent aerosol reductions on their onset remains unclear. Here, we investigate the impacts of aerosols and their underlying mechanisms using multi-s...

Groundwater Variability Is Strongly Linked to Soil Temperature Across Global Aquifers

Abstract Groundwater plays a critical role in land‐atmosphere interactions by regulating soil moisture and surface energy fluxes, yet its contribution to land‐surface processes and heat extremes remains poorly quantified globally. Here, we combine observation‐based aquifer record...