Number of extreme heat waves in future climates under two different climate forcing scenarios
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Created 31 Jul 2019
Published 31 Jul 2019
Last modified 31 Jul 2019
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Climate change adaptation
The top maps show the median of the number of heat waves in a multi-model ensemble of the near future (2020–2052) and the latter half of the century (2068–2100) under the RCP4.5 scenario, and the lower maps are for the same time periods but under RCP8.5
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Temporal coverage:
- 2020-2052 2068-2100
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Tags:
- heat waves , climate change , temperature , global warming
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Geographic coverage:
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Units:
Number in 33 years
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Rights:
- EEA standard re-use policy: unless otherwise indicated, re-use of content on the EEA website for commercial or non-commercial purposes is permitted free of charge, provided that the source is acknowledged (https://www.eea.europa.eu/legal/copyright). Copyright holder: Joint Research Centre (JRC).
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Owners:
- Joint Research Centre (JRC)
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Processors:
- European Environment Agency (EEA)
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Figure type:
- Map
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