Three-dimensional analysis reveals diverse heat wave types in Europe
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F68378289%3A_____%2F24%3A00586879" target="_blank" >RIV/68378289:_____/24:00586879 - isvavai.cz</a>
Alternative codes found
RIV/86652079:_____/24:00587741 RIV/60460709:41330/24:100805
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01497-2" target="_blank" >https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01497-2</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01497-2" target="_blank" >10.1038/s43247-024-01497-2</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Three-dimensional analysis reveals diverse heat wave types in Europe
Original language description
Heat waves are among the most studied atmospheric hazards but commonly investigated near-surface temperature patterns provide only limited insight into their complex structure. Here we propose and evaluate a novel approach to the analysis of heat waves as three-dimensional (3D) phenomena, employing the ERA5 reanalysis in three European regions during 1979–2022. Four types of heat waves based on their vertical cross sections of temperature anomalies are introduced: near-surface, lower-tropospheric, higher-tropospheric, and omnipresent. The individual heat wave types differ in length, predominant occurrence within summer, and soil moisture preconditioning. While near-surface heat waves may persist for more than 2 weeks, those located mainly in higher troposphere are shortest (5 days at most). This demonstrates that warm advection must be accompanied by a downward propagation of positive temperature anomalies through air subsidence and diabatic heating to maintain long-lasting heat waves. We also show that soil-moisture preconditioning is crucial for near-surface heat waves only, thus pointing to different driving mechanisms for the individual 3D heat wave types.nEuropean heat waves fall into four distinct categories based on their three-dimensional structure, according to vertical cross section analysis of temperature anomalies from the ERA5 reanalysis data (1979-2022).
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10510 - Climatic research
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA23-06749S" target="_blank" >GA23-06749S: Heat waves as three-dimensional phenomena</a><br>
Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2024
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Communications Earth & Environment
ISSN
2662-4435
e-ISSN
2662-4435
Volume of the periodical
5
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
CH - SWITZERLAND
Number of pages
8
Pages from-to
323
UT code for WoS article
001249126300003
EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85195895262