Characterizing joint effects of spatial extent, temperature magnitude and duration of heat waves and cold spells over Central Europe

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Alternative codes found
RIV/68378289:_____/15:00428715
Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.4050" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.4050</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/joc.4050" target="_blank" >10.1002/joc.4050</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Characterizing joint effects of spatial extent, temperature magnitude and duration of heat waves and cold spells over Central Europe
Original language description
Heat waves (HWs) and cold spells (CSs) have pronounced impacts on the natural environment and society. The main aim of this study was to identify major Central European HWs and CSs since 1950 and assess their severity not only from the viewpoint of temperature and duration but also as to the affected area. The HWs and CSs were delimited from the E-OBS gridded data set. An extremity index was proposed that captures joint effects of spatial extent, temperature and duration of HWs and CSs. During the 1950-2012 period, we identified 18 major HWs and 24 major CSs over Central Europe. The most severe HW occurred in summer 1994, followed by the 2006 HW; both these events were far more extreme over Central Europe than HWs in the well-known 2003 and 2010 summers. The most severe CSs occurred in the winters of 1955/1956 and 1962/1963. The recent winter of 2011/2012 was found to be the sixth coldest since 1950/1951 according to the seasonal sum of the extremity index. The HWs and CSs were classif
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
DG - Atmospheric sciences, meteorology
OECD FORD branch
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Project
Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.
Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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