Atmospheric Dynamics Leading to West European Summer Hot Temperatures Since 1851
Joint Authors
Alvarez-Castro, M. Carmen
Faranda, Davide
Yiou, Pascal
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-01-16
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Summer hot temperatures have many impacts on health, economy (agriculture, energy, and transports), and ecosystems.
In Western Europe, the recent summers of 2003 and 2015 were exceptionally warm.
Many studies have shown that the genesis of the major heat events of the last decades was linked to anticyclonic atmospheric circulation and to spring precipitation deficit in Southern Europe.
Such results were obtained for the second part of the 20th century and projections into the 21st century.
In this paper, we challenge this vision by investigating the earlier part of the 20th century from an ensemble of 20CR reanalyses.
We propose an innovative description of Western-European heat events applying the dynamical system theory.
We argue that the atmospheric circulation patterns leading to the most intense heat events have changed during the last century.
We also show that the increasing temperature trend during major heatwaves is encountered during episodes of Scandinavian Blocking, while other circulation patterns do not yield temperature trends during extremes.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Alvarez-Castro, M. Carmen& Faranda, Davide& Yiou, Pascal. 2018. Atmospheric Dynamics Leading to West European Summer Hot Temperatures Since 1851. Complexity،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1133260
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Alvarez-Castro, M. Carmen…[et al.]. Atmospheric Dynamics Leading to West European Summer Hot Temperatures Since 1851. Complexity No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1133260
American Medical Association (AMA)
Alvarez-Castro, M. Carmen& Faranda, Davide& Yiou, Pascal. Atmospheric Dynamics Leading to West European Summer Hot Temperatures Since 1851. Complexity. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1133260
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1133260