Increase of Extreme Drought over Ethiopia under Climate Warming

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">RCP</td><td class="align_center">Forcing</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">RCP4.5</td><td class="align_center">Stabilization scenario whereby the total radiative forcing is stabilized shortly after 2100. This will be achieved by adopting several technologies and strategies to cut GHG emissions [<a href="/journals/amete/2019/5235429/#B43" target="_blank">43</a>].</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">RCP8.5</td><td class="align_center">It is characterized by raising radiative forcing pathways leading to 8.5 W·m<sup>−2</sup> by 2100, with forcing increasing further thereafter up to 12 W·m<sup>−2</sup> by 2250, when concentrations stabilize [<a href="/journals/amete/2019/5235429/#B44" target="_blank">44</a>].</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Representative concentration pathways considered in this study.</div>

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Table 2: Increase of Extreme Drought over Ethiopia under Climate Warming 