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heatwave: a standalone construct

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Climatology

a period of unusually hot days, measured by indices of frequency, duration and intensity relative to local climate.

In climatology, heatwave refers to a period of unusually hot days, measured by indices of frequency, duration and intensity relative to local climate. This meaning comes from Perkins (2013) in Journal of Climate.[1]

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References

Perkins, S. E., & Alexander, L. V. (2013). On the Measurement of Heat Waves. Journal of Climate, 26(13), 4500-4517. https://doi.org/10.1175/jcli-d-12-00383.1

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