期刊
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS
卷 47, 期 9, 页码 -出版社
AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION
DOI: 10.1029/2020GL087097
关键词
heat wave; spatial; severity; coverage; trends
资金
- National Science Foundation [BCS-1853775]
- Alabama Water Institute at the University of Alabama
Heat waves have pronounced impacts on human health, ecosystems, and society. Heat waves have become more frequent and intense globally and are likely to intensify further in a warming climate. Across the United States there is a warming trend in average surface temperatures, but concordant increase in heat wave severity appears absent. Limitations in heat waves studies may be responsible for limited detection of a heat wave warming signal. We track daily spatiotemporal evolution of heat waves using geometric concepts and clustering algorithms to investigate how heat manifests on the land surface. We develop a spatial metric combining heat wave frequency, magnitude, duration, and areal extent. We find mixed trends in some individual heat wave characteristics across the United States during 1981-2018. However, exploration of the spatiotemporal evolution of combined heat wave characteristics shows considerable increases during this period and indicates a substantial increase in heat wave hazard across the United States.
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