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A satellite view of the exceptionally warm summer of 2022 over Europe
João P. A. Martins
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Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, 1749-049 Lisbon, Portugal
European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Robert-Schuman-Platz 3, 53175 Bonn, Germany
Sara Caetano
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, 1749-049 Lisbon, Portugal
Direção-Geral do Território, 1099-052 Lisbon, Portugal
Carlos Pereira
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, 1749-049 Lisbon, Portugal
Emanuel Dutra
Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera, 1749-049 Lisbon, Portugal
Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
Rita M. Cardoso
Instituto Dom Luiz, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal
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Over Europe, 2022 was truly exceptional in terms of extreme heat conditions, both in terms of temperature anomalies and their temporal and spatial extent. The satellite all-sky land surface temperature (LST) is used to provide a climatological context to extreme heat events. Where drought conditions prevail, LST anomalies are higher than 2 m air temperature anomalies. ERA5-Land does not represent this effect correctly due to a misrepresentation of vegetation anomalies.
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