Amplified Increases of Compound Hot Extremes Over Urban Land in China

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• Journal Title:
  Geophysical Research Letters
• Personal Author:
  Liao, Weilin ; Li, Dan ; Malyshev, Sergey ; Shevliakova, Elena ; Zhang, Honghui ; Liu, Xiaoping
• NOAA Program & Office:
  OAR (Oceanic and Atmospheric Research) ; GFDL (Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory)
• Description:
  Consecutive hot periods without nighttime heat relief significantly increase mortality and morbidity rates. Using the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory land model coupled with a newly developed and validated urban canopy model, changes in three types of summertime hot extremes, that is, independent hot days, independent hot nights, and compound hot events (CHEs), in the 21st century are quantified in China. Results indicate that all three types of hot extremes become more frequent, and CHEs are projected to be the dominant type at the end of this century under the representative concentration pathway 8.5 scenario. Furthermore, compared to the rural land, the urban land experiences even stronger
• Keywords:
  General Earth And Planetary Sciences Geophysics General Earth And Planetary Sciences General Earth And Planetary Sciences
• Source:
  Geophysical Research Letters, 48(6)
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.1029/2020GL091252
• ISSN:
  0094-8276 ; 1944-8007
• Format:
  PDF
• Publisher:
  American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Rights Information:
  Other
• Compliance:
  Library
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  urn:sha256:5052609d19607bd5a11eb9711db9f55c8a00f2abef78334e012d513d81f5fb25
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