Increased impact of heat domes on 2021-like heat extremes in North America under global warming
Increased impact of heat domes on 2021-like heat extremes in North America under global warming
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Zhang, Xing , Zhou, Tianjun , Zhang, Wenxia , Ren, Liwen , Jiang, Jie , Hu, Shuai , Zuo, Meng , Zhang, Lixia and Man, Wenmin
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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English
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During summer 2021, Western North America (WNA) experienced an unprecedented heatwave with record-breaking high temperatures associated with a strong anomalous high-pressure system, i.e., a heat dome. Here, we use a flow analog method and find that the heat dome over the WNA can explain half of the magnitude of the anomalous temperature. The intens...
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Increased impact of heat domes on 2021-like heat extremes in North America under global warming
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2041-1723
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2041-1723
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10.1038/s41467-023-37309-y