Attribution of the Unprecedented 2021 October Heatwave in South Korea
Yeon‐Hee Kim, Seung‐Ki Min, Dong‐Hyun Cha, Young‐Hwa Byun, Fraser C. Lott, Peter A. Stott
Abstract
GCM ensembles indicate that the October 2021 South Korean heatwave was extremely unlikely to occur without human influences, which corresponds to 2060s’ new normal without ambitious greenhouse gas mitigation.
Topics & Concepts
GCM transcription factorsAttributionGreenhouse gasClimatologyGeographyEnvironmental scienceMeteorologyClimate changeGeneral Circulation ModelGeologyPsychologyOceanographySocial psychologyClimate variability and modelsAtmospheric and Environmental Gas DynamicsMeteorological Phenomena and Simulations