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DOI	10.1038/s41467-023-36289-3
	The unprecedented Pacific Northwest heatwave of June 2021
	White, Rachel H.; Anderson, Sam; Booth, James F.; Braich, Ginni; Draeger, Christina; Fei, Cuiyi; Harley, Christopher D. G.; Henderson, Sarah B.; Jakob, Matthias; Lau, Carie-Ann; Mareshet Admasu, Lualawi; Narinesingh, Veeshan; Rodell, Christopher; Roocroft, Eliott; Weinberger, Kate R.; West, Greg
发表日期	2023
EISSN	2041-1723
卷号	14 期号:1
英文摘要	The 2021 unprecedented Pacific Northwest heatwave broke temperature records by extraordinary amounts. Impacts included hundreds of deaths, mass-mortalities of marine life, increased wildfires, reduced crop and fruit yields, and river flooding. In late June 2021 a heatwave of unprecedented magnitude impacted the Pacific Northwest region of Canada and the United States. Many locations broke all-time maximum temperature records by more than 5 & DEG;C, and the Canadian national temperature record was broken by 4.6 & DEG;C, with a new record temperature of 49.6 & DEG;C. Here, we provide a comprehensive summary of this event and its impacts. Upstream diabatic heating played a key role in the magnitude of this anomaly. Weather forecasts provided advanced notice of the event, while sub-seasonal forecasts showed an increased likelihood of a heat extreme with lead times of 10-20 days. The impacts of this event were catastrophic, including hundreds of attributable deaths across the Pacific Northwest, mass-mortalities of marine life, reduced crop and fruit yields, river flooding from rapid snow and glacier melt, and a substantial increase in wildfires-the latter contributing to landslides in the months following. These impacts provide examples we can learn from and a vivid depiction of how climate change can be so devastating.
语种	英语
WOS研究方向	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS类目	Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
WOS记录号	WOS:001023549000006
来源期刊	NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/281446
作者单位	University of British Columbia; City University of New York (CUNY) System; City College of New York (CUNY); City University of New York (CUNY) System; University of British Columbia; University of British Columbia; University of British Columbia; National Oceanic Atmospheric Admin (NOAA) - USA; Princeton University
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	White, Rachel H.,Anderson, Sam,Booth, James F.,et al. The unprecedented Pacific Northwest heatwave of June 2021[J],2023,14(1).
APA	White, Rachel H..,Anderson, Sam.,Booth, James F..,Braich, Ginni.,Draeger, Christina.,...&West, Greg.(2023).The unprecedented Pacific Northwest heatwave of June 2021.NATURE COMMUNICATIONS,14(1).
MLA	White, Rachel H.,et al."The unprecedented Pacific Northwest heatwave of June 2021".NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 14.1(2023).