Increasing frequency, intensity and duration of observed global heatwaves and warm spells

Using the latest HadGHCND daily temperature dataset, global trends in observed summertime heatwaves and annually calculated warm spells for 1950–2011 are analysed via a multi‐index, multi‐aspect framework. Three indices that separately focus on maximum temperature (TX90pct), minimum temperature (TN9...

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Published in:	Geophysical Research Letters
Main Authors:	S. E. Perkins, L. V. Alexander, J. R. Nairn
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2012-10-01
Subjects:	global heatwaves observations warm spells
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1029/2012GL053361