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| DOI | 10.1016/j.wace.2024.100643 |
| Assessing the escalating human-perceived heatwaves in a warming world: The case of China | |
| 发表日期 | 2024 |
| ISSN | 2212-0947 |
| 起始页码 | 43 |
| 卷号 | 43 |
| 英文摘要 | With increased global warming, heatwaves are expected to become more intense, frequent, and persistent. Although the spatiotemporal characteristics of heatwaves have been extensively studied, the vast majority of these studies have solely used near-surface air temperatures, particularly daily maximum temperatures (Tmax), to identify heatwaves. Given that air temperature alone proves inadequate as a metric for human heat stress. Here, using the relative threshold in conjunction with the absolute threshold and basing it on wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT), we develop a novel definition of human-perceived heatwaves. The combined effect of temperature and humidity is considered in this definition. On this basis, we quantify the climatology of and longterm changes in heatwaves in China based on homogenized in situ observations and outputs from climate models participating in the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 6 (CMIP6). The results show that the distribution of human-perceived heatwaves coincides with densely populated areas in the southeastern part of China, despite their limited spatial extent. The observed trends in human-perceived heatwaves have accelerated since the 1960s. It is now anticipated that moderate or worse human-perceived heatwaves will affect more than half of China's population. Moreover, CMIP6 climate projections suggest that the percentage of China's population exposed to historically unprecedented human-perceived heatwaves would increase rapidly in a warmer future, except for the sustainability scenario. It is noted that the increase in severe human-perceived heatwaves is more rapid than that in severe traditional Tmax-based heatwaves, suggesting that the hazard of heatwaves to humans may have been underestimated by previous Tmax-based studies. Our findings demonstrate the urgent need for additional planning and adaptation actions beyond the framework for short-term disaster reduction frameworks currently in place. Although we concentrated on China in this article, our method for evaluating human-perceived heatwaves is easily extended to handle comparable issues everywhere. |
| 英文关键词 | Heatwave; Heat stress; WBGT; CMIP6; Climate change |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| WOS研究方向 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
| WOS类目 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:001170527400001 |
| 来源期刊 | WEATHER AND CLIMATE EXTREMES
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
| 条目标识符 | http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/291095 |
| 作者单位 | China Meteorological Administration; Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences (CAMS); Fudan University; China University of Geosciences; China Meteorological Administration |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | . Assessing the escalating human-perceived heatwaves in a warming world: The case of China[J],2024,43. |
| APA | (2024).Assessing the escalating human-perceived heatwaves in a warming world: The case of China.WEATHER AND CLIMATE EXTREMES,43. |
| MLA | "Assessing the escalating human-perceived heatwaves in a warming world: The case of China".WEATHER AND CLIMATE EXTREMES 43(2024). |
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