What is it about?
The 2007 summer was extraordinary in the Balkans and Turkey, with the region experiencing a very hot summer in numerous places, setting all-time maximum temperature records and suffering destructive fires. The heat wave exhibited daily maximum temperature anomalies in excess of 14 °C in some places. These high-temperature anomalies can be related to a number of concurrent atmospheric and physical factors that induce persistent anticyclones, sea-surface temperature anomalies, reduced precipitation and depleted soil moisture.
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Why is it important?
Results from this analysis indicate that the atmospheric blocking was likely responsible for establishing and maintaining the hot-weather conditions. The prolonged atmospheric-blocking high pressure system meandering over the central Mediterranean orchestrated the atmospheric circulation and led to the advection of warm air from North Africa to the Balkans and Turkey. The associated large-scale subsidence and clear-sky conditions resulted in temperatures surpassing 40 °C at many places.
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I hope this artcile may give some insights into high-impact heat waves and climate variability.
Dr Meral Demirtaş
University of Ondokuz Mayıs
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This page is a summary of: The high-impact 2007 hot summer over Turkey: atmospheric-blocking and heat-wave episodes, Meteorological Applications, February 2018, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1002/met.1708.
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