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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-1501-2024
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-1501-2024
Research article
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30 Apr 2024
Research article |  | 30 Apr 2024

A satellite view of the exceptionally warm summer of 2022 over Europe

João P. A. Martins, Sara Caetano, Carlos Pereira, Emanuel Dutra, and Rita M. Cardoso

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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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