Exceptionally prolonged extreme heat waves over South China in early summer 2020: The role of warming in the tropical Indian Ocean

Cao, Dingrui; Xu, Kang; Huang, Qing-Lan; Tam, Chi‐Yung; Sheng, Chen; He, Zhuoqi; Wang, Weiqiang

doi:10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106335

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Exceptionally prolonged extreme heat waves over South China in early summer 2020: The role of warming in the tropical Indian Ocean

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Authors:

Dingrui Cao

Kang Xu

Qing-Lan Huang

Abstract

South China experienced a series of unprecedented extreme heat wave (EHW) events in early summer (June–July) 2020, which broke the historical record for the frequency of EHW events since 1979. Observational analyses showed that the prolonged EHW events were primarily induced by an anomalous troposph...

Subject

Subtropical ridge

Teleconnection

Climatology

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