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Título
Análisis de las olas de calor y variables asociadas en América entre 1951 y 2020
Director o Tutor
Año del Documento
2021
Titulación
Máster en Física
Abstract
Heatwaves are increasing around the globe and have become a major threat to human health, natutal
environments and even infrastructure and economy. Regions like Europe or Australia have plenty of
research in this area, but the same cannot be said in the case of the Americas. In this study we have
analysed heatwaves and their related variables in the american continent between 1951 to 2020 to
describe them across all the territory, as well as for finding their trends and relate them to atmospheric
conditions. Results have shown that near the equator the climatological means of the number of
heatwaves, length of the longest heatwave and heatwave days are larger than in other latitudes and
decrease the more we approach the poles. The climatological mean of the heatwave’s intensity has
an inverse pattern: the more we move away from the equator, the more intense heatwaves are. The
trends have a similar pattern than the climatological means: for the number of heatwaves, lenght of the
longest heatwave and heatwave days the trends are more intense near the equator, but the heatwave’s
intensity has an inverse pattern. Finally, we have studied the correlations between heatwaves and the 2
m temperature, total precipitation and sea surface temperature. Results have shown that heatwaves are
strongly related between total precipitation, sea surface temperature and their respective anomalies,
but not so much with the 2 m temperature.
Palabras Clave
Olas de calor
Medias climatológicas
América
Departamento
Departamento de Física Aplicada
Idioma
spa
Derechos
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