Unconventional cold vortex as precursor to historic early summer heatwaves in North China 2023

Abstract In mid-June to July 2023, North China witnessed extreme heatwaves, marked by intense near-surface warming with an advanced seasonal cycle of local air temperature. An unconventional upper-tropospheric cold vortex in early June, deviating from conventional “heat dome” patterns, preceded the...

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Main Authors: Boqi Liu, Yanan Duan, Shuangmei Ma, Yuhan Yan, Congwen Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-07-01
Series:npj Climate and Atmospheric Science
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41612-024-00718-x