Heat waves: Physical understanding and scientific challenges

D Barriopedro, R García‐Herrera… - Reviews of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Heat waves (HWs) can cause large socioeconomic and environmental impacts. The
observed increases in their frequency, intensity and duration are projected to continue with …

Warming amplification over the Arctic Pole and Third Pole: Trends, mechanisms and consequences

Q You, Z Cai, N Pepin, D Chen, B Ahrens, Z Jiang… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Warming amplification over the Arctic Pole (AP hereafter) and Third Pole (Tibetan Plateau,
TP hereafter) can trigger a series of climate responses and have global consequences …

Accelerated western European heatwave trends linked to more-persistent double jets over Eurasia

E Rousi, K Kornhuber, G Beobide-Arsuaga… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Persistent heat extremes can have severe impacts on ecosystems and societies, including
excess mortality, wildfires, and harvest failures. Here we identify Europe as a heatwave …

Increased future occurrences of the exceptional 2018–2019 Central European drought under global warming

V Hari, O Rakovec, Y Markonis, M Hanel, R Kumar - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Since the spring 2018, a large part of Europe has been in the midst of a record-setting
drought. Using long-term observations, we demonstrate that the occurrence of the 2018 …

Observational and model evidence together support wide-spread exposure to noncompensable heat under continued global warming

CM Powis, D Byrne, Z Zobel, KN Gassert, AC Lute… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
As our planet warms, a critical research question is when and where temperatures will
exceed the limits of what the human body can tolerate. Past modeling efforts have …

Projected changes in climate extremes using CMIP6 simulations over SREX regions

M Almazroui, F Saeed, S Saeed, M Ismail… - Earth Systems and …, 2021 - Springer
This paper presents projected changes in extreme temperature and precipitation events by
using Coupled Model Intercomparison Project phase 6 (CMIP6) data for mid-century (2036 …

Reversed asymmetric warming of sub-diurnal temperature over land during recent decades

Z Zhong, B He, HW Chen, D Chen, T Zhou… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
In the latter half of the twentieth century, a significant climate phenomenon “diurnal
asymmetric warming” emerged, wherein global land surface temperatures increased more …

The 2021 European heat wave in the context of past major heat waves

O Lhotka, J Kyselý - Earth and Space Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The past two decades in Europe have been characterized by numerous major heat waves,
with record‐breaking temperatures reported also during the summer of 2021. While most …

[HTML][HTML] Albedo influence on the microclimate and thermal comfort of courtyards under Mediterranean hot summer climate conditions

VP Lopez-Cabeza, S Alzate-Gaviria… - Sustainable Cities and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect represents a threat to the well-being of cities.
Cities must adapt to this phenomenon, prioritizing the improvement of outdoor environment …

[PDF][PDF] Heat waves in summer 2022 and increasing concern regarding heat waves in general

R Lu, K Xu, R Chen, W Chen, F Li, C Lv - Atmos. Ocean. Sci. Lett, 2023 - researchgate.net
The year 2022 featured an unprecedented hot summer that has attracted worldwide
attention. Abnormal warming spread over most of the Eurasian continent and North America …