How exceptional was the early August 2003 heatwave in France?

The summer of 2003 was characterised by exceptionally warm weather in Europe with the average temperature exceeding that of any previous summer over the last 500 years. The seasonal 2003 summer temperature for central Europe was beyond the historical distribution range and could bear a closer resemb...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Trigo, Ricardo Machado, García Herrera, Ricardo Francisco, Díaz, Julio, Trigo, Isabel Franco, Valente, María Antonia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2005
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/51675
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51675
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:52
Temperature variability
Astrofísica
Astronomía (Física)
id ES_7b653d8329bd849458b671f5e0c32e7f
oai_identifier_str oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/51675
network_acronym_str ES
network_name_str España
repository_id_str
spelling How exceptional was the early August 2003 heatwave in France?Trigo, Ricardo MachadoGarcía Herrera, Ricardo FranciscoDíaz, JulioTrigo, Isabel FrancoValente, María Antonia52Temperature variabilityAstrofísicaAstronomía (Física)The summer of 2003 was characterised by exceptionally warm weather in Europe with the average temperature exceeding that of any previous summer over the last 500 years. The seasonal 2003 summer temperature for central Europe was beyond the historical distribution range and could bear a closer resemblance with climate change scenarios for late XXI century. Nevertheless, it was the heatwave that occurred between the 1st and the 15th of August 2003 that had a major impact in excessive mortality rates throughout Europe, with catastrophic amplitude in France. Here we show, on a daily basis, when and where the magnitude and spatial extent of this heatwave episode has surpassed previous historical maxima, and that this episode is associated with an equally maximum blocking pattern over western Europe. Finally we show that surface and low troposphere air temperature anomalies are particularly well associated with the increased mortality rates in France.American Geophysical UnionUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20052005-05-1820052005-05-18journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51675reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/516752026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv How exceptional was the early August 2003 heatwave in France?
title How exceptional was the early August 2003 heatwave in France?
spellingShingle How exceptional was the early August 2003 heatwave in France?
Trigo, Ricardo Machado
52
Temperature variability
Astrofísica
Astronomía (Física)
title_short How exceptional was the early August 2003 heatwave in France?
title_full How exceptional was the early August 2003 heatwave in France?
title_fullStr How exceptional was the early August 2003 heatwave in France?
title_full_unstemmed How exceptional was the early August 2003 heatwave in France?
title_sort How exceptional was the early August 2003 heatwave in France?
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Trigo, Ricardo Machado
García Herrera, Ricardo Francisco
Díaz, Julio
Trigo, Isabel Franco
Valente, María Antonia
author Trigo, Ricardo Machado
author_facet Trigo, Ricardo Machado
García Herrera, Ricardo Francisco
Díaz, Julio
Trigo, Isabel Franco
Valente, María Antonia
author_role author
author2 García Herrera, Ricardo Francisco
Díaz, Julio
Trigo, Isabel Franco
Valente, María Antonia
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad Complutense de Madrid
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv 52
Temperature variability
Astrofísica
Astronomía (Física)
topic 52
Temperature variability
Astrofísica
Astronomía (Física)
description The summer of 2003 was characterised by exceptionally warm weather in Europe with the average temperature exceeding that of any previous summer over the last 500 years. The seasonal 2003 summer temperature for central Europe was beyond the historical distribution range and could bear a closer resemblance with climate change scenarios for late XXI century. Nevertheless, it was the heatwave that occurred between the 1st and the 15th of August 2003 that had a major impact in excessive mortality rates throughout Europe, with catastrophic amplitude in France. Here we show, on a daily basis, when and where the magnitude and spatial extent of this heatwave episode has surpassed previous historical maxima, and that this episode is associated with an equally maximum blocking pattern over western Europe. Finally we show that surface and low troposphere air temperature anomalies are particularly well associated with the increased mortality rates in France.
publishDate 2005
dc.date.none.fl_str_mv 2005
2005-05-18
2005
2005-05-18
dc.type.none.fl_str_mv journal article
http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501
dc.type.openaire.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/article
format article
dc.identifier.none.fl_str_mv https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51675
url https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/51675
dc.language.none.fl_str_mv Inglés
eng
language_invalid_str_mv Inglés
language eng
dc.rights.none.fl_str_mv open access
http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.rights.openaire.fl_str_mv info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
rights_invalid_str_mv open access
http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
eu_rights_str_mv openAccess
dc.format.none.fl_str_mv application/pdf
dc.publisher.none.fl_str_mv American Geophysical Union
publisher.none.fl_str_mv American Geophysical Union
dc.source.none.fl_str_mv reponame:Docta Complutense
instname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
instname_str Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
reponame_str Docta Complutense
collection Docta Complutense
repository.name.fl_str_mv
repository.mail.fl_str_mv
_version_ 1869411511578918912
score 15.300719

Similares en LA Referencia