Downscaling probability of  long heatwaves based on seasonal mean daily maximum temperatures

Benestad, Rasmus E.; van Oort, Bob; Justino, Flavio; Stordal, Frode; Parding, Kajsa M.; Mezghani, Abdelkader; Erlandsen, Helene B.; Sillmann, Jana; Pereira-Flores, Milton E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/ascmo-4-37-2018

Articles | Volume 4, issue 1/2

https://doi.org/10.5194/ascmo-4-37-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/ascmo-4-37-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 4, issue 1/2

05 Dec 2018

| 05 Dec 2018

Downscaling probability of long heatwaves based on seasonal mean daily maximum temperatures

Rasmus E. Benestad, Bob van Oort, Flavio Justino, Frode Stordal, Kajsa M. Parding, Abdelkader Mezghani, Helene B. Erlandsen, Jana Sillmann, and Milton E. Pereira-Flores

Supplement

https://doi.org/10.5194/ascmo-4-37-2018-supplement

Data sets

Heatwave duration. figshare. Dataset. Rasmus Benestad https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.5769345.v12

Model code and software

R-package 'esd' Rasmus Benestad and Abdelkader Mezghani https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.1160493.v17

Short summary

A new study indicates that heatwaves in India will become more frequent and last longer with global warming. Its results were derived from a large number of global climate models, and the calculations differed from previous studies in the way they included advanced statistical theory. The projected changes in the Indian heatwaves will have a negative consequence for wheat crops in India.