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DOI | 10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0098.1 |
Diverse Characteristics of US Summer Heat Waves | |
Lyon, Bradfield1,2; Barnston, Anthony G.3 | |
2017-10-01 | |
发表期刊 | JOURNAL OF CLIMATE |
ISSN | 0894-8755 |
EISSN | 1520-0442 |
出版年 | 2017 |
卷号 | 30期号:19 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | Heat waves are climate extremes having significant environmental and social impacts. However, there is no universally accepted definition of a heat wave. The major goal of this study is to compare characteristics of continental U.S. warm season (May-September) heat waves defined using four different variables-temperature itself and three variables incorporating atmospheric moisture-all for differing intensity and duration requirements. To normalize across different locations and climates, daily intensity is defined using percentiles computed over the 1979-2013 period. The primary data source is the U.S. Historical Climatological Network (USHCN), with humidity data from the North American Regional Reanalysis (NARR) also tested and utilized. The results indicate that heat waves defined using daily maximum temperatures are more frequent and persistent than when based on minimum temperatures, with substantial regional variations in behavior. For all four temperature variables, heat waves based on daily minimum values have greater spatial coherency than for daily maximum values. Regionally, statistically significant upward trends (1979-2013) in heat wave frequency are identified, largest when based on daily minimum values, across variables. Other notable differences in behavior include a higher frequency of heat waves based on maximum temperature itself than for variables that include humidity, while daily minimum temperatures show greater similarity across all variables in this regard. Overall, the study provides a baseline to compare with results from climate model simulations and projections, for examining differing regional and large-scale circulation patterns associated with U.S. summer heat waves and for examining the role of land surface conditions in modulating regional variations in heat wave behavior. |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000411436700012 |
WOS关键词 | HISTORICAL CLIMATOLOGY NETWORK ; UNITED-STATES ; SURFACE HUMIDITY ; TEMPERATURE ; TRENDS ; REANALYSIS ; INDEX |
WOS类目 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/19722 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Maine, Climate Change Inst, Orono, ME 04469 USA; 2.Univ Maine, Sch Earth & Climate Sci, Orono, ME 04469 USA; 3.Columbia Univ, Int Res Inst Climate & Soc, Palisades, NY USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Lyon, Bradfield,Barnston, Anthony G.. Diverse Characteristics of US Summer Heat Waves[J]. JOURNAL OF CLIMATE,2017,30(19). |
APA | Lyon, Bradfield,&Barnston, Anthony G..(2017).Diverse Characteristics of US Summer Heat Waves.JOURNAL OF CLIMATE,30(19). |
MLA | Lyon, Bradfield,et al."Diverse Characteristics of US Summer Heat Waves".JOURNAL OF CLIMATE 30.19(2017). |
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