Abstract An extraordinary and unprecedented heatwave swept across western North America (i.e., the Pacific Northwest) in late June of 2021, resulting hundreds deaths, a massive die-off sea creatures off coast, horrific wildfires. Here, we use observational data to find atmospheric circulation variabilities Arctic-Pacific-Canada patterns that co-occurred with development mature phases heatwave, ...

Abstract Extra-tropical continental summer heatwaves often occur under persistent anticyclones or blocking. Here we partition heatwave changes into contributions from blocking changes, heatwave–blocking relation change and mean temperature increase, global warming in climate models. We employ an optimized index that best correlates with (Pearson correlation of 0.7) find heatwave-driving decreas...

Because of the impact extreme heat waves and domes on society biodiversity, their study is a key challenge. We specifically long-lasting waves, which are among most important for climate impacts. Physics driven weather forecast systems or models can be used to occurrence predict probability. The present work explores use deep learning architectures, trained using outputs model, as an alternativ...

BACKGROUND The Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect describes the phenomenon whereby cities are generally warmer than surrounding rural areas. Traditionally, temperature monitoring sites are placed outside of city centres, which means that point measurements do not always reflect the true air temperature of urban centres, and estimates of health impacts based on such data may under-estimate the impac...

BACKGROUND Climate change poses unprecedented challenges, ranging from global and local policy challenges to personal and social action. Heat-related deaths are largely preventable, but interventions for the most vulnerable populations need improvement. Therefore, the prior identification of high risk areas at the community level is required to better inform planning and prevention. We aimed to...