Anthropogenic Influences on the Persistent Night-Time Heat Wave in Summer 2018 over Northeast China
Liwen Ren, Dongqian Wang, Ning An, Shuoyi Ding, Kai Yang, Nicolas Freychet, Simon F. B. Tett, Buwen Dong, Fraser C. Lott
Abstract
Persistent night-time heat waves like the event of summer 2018 in Northeast China are extremely rare (about a one-in-a-500-year event) in the natural world, but now<br/>have become about a one-in-60-year event with anthropogenic warming.
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ChinaHeat waveReuseMeteorologyEnvironmental scienceClimatologyGeographyGeologyClimate changeOceanographyEngineeringArchaeologyWaste managementClimate variability and modelsAtmospheric chemistry and aerosolsImpact of Light on Environment and Health