Summer heat waves over western Turkey between 1965 and 2006

Ünal, Yurdanur; Tan, Elçin; Mentes, Sibel

doi:10.1007/s00704-012-0704-0

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“…The literature also mentions an effect of volcanic eruptions on cool summers, such as an anomalously low temperature in Europe in the summer of 1816 after the eruption of Tambora in 1815 (Piervitali et al 1997, Trigo et al 2009). Climatologists have given particular attention to long periods with very high temperatures, such as heat waves (Stott et al 2004, Chase et al 2006, Hutter et al 2007, Kyselý and Huth 2008, Révész 2008, Founda and Giannakopoulos 2009, Rebetez et al 2009, Kossowska-Cezak 2010, Kyselý 2010, Barriopedro et al 2011, Dole et al 2011, KrzyĪewska and Wereski 2011, Twardosz 2009, Friedrich and Bissolli 2012, Twardosz and Batko 2012, Unal et al 2013 or anomalously hot months and summers (Gerstengarbe and Werner 1992, Piervitali et al 1997, Filipiuk and Kaszewski 2000, Luterbacher et al 2004, Elizbarashvili et al 2007, Kossowska-Cezak and Twardosz 2012a, b, Twardosz and KossowskaCezak 2013a, b, c, Wehry 2010. In view of the unfavourable biometeorological conditions, as well as droughts and wildfires, during such periods this field of research has great merit.…”

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Exceptionally Hot and Cold Summers in Europe (1951-2010)

Twardosz

Kossowska-Cezak

2015

Acta Geophys.

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A b s t r a c tThe paper explores exceptional thermal conditions, an area of research that has increased in significance in the context of the changes that are being observed in climate. Specifically, the study addressed the frequency, long-term change and spatial coverage of exceptionally hot summers, and exceptionally cool summers (EHS and ECS) in Europe. The statistical criterion of plus/minus two standard deviations from the long-term average was used to identify EHS and ECS at 60 weather stations over the period . The study has demonstrated that EHS are characterised by greater temperature anomalies than ECS and are approximately twice as frequent. They occurred virtually everywhere within the study area, whilst ECS are concentrated in its northern part. Five EHS (1972, 2002, 2003, 2007, and 2010) and three ECS (1956, 1962, and 1976) were large enough to be recorded by at least 10% of the stations.

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Exceptionally Hot and Cold Summers in Europe (1951-2010)

Twardosz

Kossowska-Cezak

2015

Acta Geophys.

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“…In order to reduce the degree of arbitrariness involved in the selection of a threshold temperature for heat wave and to provide a dynamic definition, which may also be easily transferable to other regions, percentiles turns out to be more suitable. Percentile-based studies can differ in considered percentiles: 90 th [15,26,36,51,52], 95 th [9,31,32], and 99 th [20]. They also differ in the way a chosen percentile is computed: (i) the respective calendar day threshold is computed on a single day [9,15,36], (ii) the respective calendar threshold day is computed at the center of a given time-window; 31-day [52], 21-day [32], 15-day [31,51], and 5-day [26].…”

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“…A heat wave classification study of the region identified clusters of heat waves, and placed Turkey as a second heat wave center within the Iberian Cluster [32]. Studies focusing on Turkey highlight a rise in temperature [33][34][35] and rising trend in heat wave occurrences over the western part of Turkey [36]. Regional climate projection studies also identify the Mediterranean region as the most responsive hotspots for increasing heat stress [13,16].…”

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“…This study is tailored to associate high impact heat wave episodes and atmospheric dynamics in an event-based approach on a grid point basis. Heat waves occur under the influence of large scale atmospheric circulation factors, and they are not localized events, therefore this study examines heat waves in spatial context not on certain observational points or cities unlike previous studies [9,35,36].…”

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“…The hot and dry conditions led to various wildfires which spanned from Italy to the Balkans: in Bulgaria, 1400 wildfires consumed more than 58000 ha; in Greece, particularly on Samos, fire consumed one-fifth of the island [53,54]. Over Turkey, the burned out forest area was 26,353 ha, which is the highest amount recorded since 1994 [36].…”

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High Impact Heat Waves Over the Euro-Mediterranean Region and Turkey - In Concert With Atmospheric Blocking and Large Dynamical and Physical Anomalies

Demirtaş¹

2017

ANADOLU UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY a - Applied Sciences and Engineering

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The increase in high impact heat waves in the Euro-Mediterranean region and Turkey is related to a number of concurring factors that include persistent anticyclonic weather regimes. The present study investigates the June-July-August (JJA) of 2000, 2007 and 2010 heat wave events in concert with some meteorological anomalies (500 hPa geopotential height, 850 hPa temperature, sea surface temperature and soil wetness) and blocking anticyclones, focusing on heat wave occurrences on a grid point base. Detection methods for atmospheric blocking and heat wave are introduced and applied on study cases. During the 2000 JJA very high temperatures were recorded over the Balkan Peninsula and over Turkey where 42 cities had breaking all time highest temperature records for June, but the duration of heat wave was short. The 2007 summer was also abnormally hot for the region and record breaking temperatures were observed in Greece, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey where 34 cities had highest temperature records for June and July, and the highest total heat wave duration was 60-70 days. The 2010 JJA period was extremely hot over Russia and nearby countries including Turkey where 9 cities had highest temperature records for August. The 2010 case was marked for; large meteorological anomalies, the longest heat wave duration and the highest heat wave intensity. In all cases, heat wave occurrences found to be particularly high over the western part of Turkey. The extremely hot summers of 2000, 2007 and 2010 could reflect summers to come. The results indicate that summer climate might experience a pronounced increase in year-to-year variability. Increase in variability might be able to explain the high impact heat waves, and would strongly affect their incidence in the future. The results may also contribute to a better understanding of heat waves in context of climate variability.

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Spatial and temporal variations of summer hot days and heat waves and their relationships with large‐scale atmospheric circulations across Northeast China

Wang

et al. 2018

Intl Journal of Climatology

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This study investigated the recent and future spatiotemporal changes in summer hot days (HDs) and heat waves (HWs) and their relationships with large‐scale atmospheric circulations over Northeast China (NEC). We used daily maximum temperature data from 109 meteorological stations for the period 1961–2013 across NEC and the output of 11 general circulation models from Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 emission scenarios. We found that the frequencies and intensities of summer HDs and HWs overall increased in the last 53 years. The increases mainly occurred in the northeastern Inner Mongolia, the north part of the Heilongjiang Province, and southern Changbai Mountains. The during time periods between the start and end dates of HDs were lengthened from 1961 to 2013 in the eastern Inner Mongolia, the northeastern Heilongjiang Province, and the southern Liaoning Province. Our results showed that HDs and HWs exhibited significant increasing trends from 2006 to 2100 under RCP4.5 and RCP8.5 emission scenarios. Generally, more frequent and intense summer HDs and HWs would happen in NEC over the 21st century. Especially, the northwest of NEC and the south and middle of Da Hinggan Mountains would experience the most frequent and intense HDs and HWs. The variations in atmospheric circulation in summers with abnormal frequency of HDs and HWs were driven by Asian Zonal Circulation and Western Pacific Subtropical High simultaneously. An anticyclonic circulation anomaly prevailing over the west of NEC and the higher summer surface sea temperature in Japan Sea resulted in more frequent HDs and HWs across NEC. This study may help to understand future changes in HDs and HWs and provide references for water resources management and policy‐making in agriculture and forestry.

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Summer heat waves over western Turkey between 1965 and 2006

Cited by 62 publications

References 39 publications

Exceptionally Hot and Cold Summers in Europe (1951-2010)

Exceptionally Hot and Cold Summers in Europe (1951-2010)

High Impact Heat Waves Over the Euro-Mediterranean Region and Turkey - In Concert With Atmospheric Blocking and Large Dynamical and Physical Anomalies

Spatial and temporal variations of summer hot days and heat waves and their relationships with large‐scale atmospheric circulations across Northeast China

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