Category: Extremes affecting Antarctica

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Event type: Heat wave

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• Antarctica

Duration: 11 days

Time span: August 04 2011 to August 14 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 10.9 °C
• Mean temperature: -5.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 21.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: 4.7 °C

Event center: -73.5°S 245.5°E

Area affected: 2748217 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Heat_wave_2011-Aug-04_to_2011-Aug-14_245.5_-73.5

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Event type: Heat wave

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• Antarctica

Duration: 5 days

Time span: August 04 2011 to August 08 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 10.6 °C
• Mean temperature: -42.5 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 16.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: -10.6 °C

Event center: -82.0°S 61.0°E

Area affected: 579667 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Heat_wave_2011-Aug-04_to_2011-Aug-08_61.0_-82.0

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Event type: Heat wave

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• Antarctica

Duration: 15 days

Time span: July 24 2011 to August 07 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 14.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -20.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 30.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: -2.0 °C

Event center: -77.0°S 170.0°E

Area affected: 4280143 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Heat_wave_2011-Jul-24_to_2011-Aug-07_170.0_-77.0

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Event type: Heat wave

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• Antarctica

Duration: 4 days

Time span: July 24 2011 to July 27 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 13.2 °C
• Mean temperature: -27.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 20.3 °C
• Maximum temperature: -9.5 °C

Event center: -75.0°S 353.5°E

Area affected: 263885 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Heat_wave_2011-Jul-24_to_2011-Jul-27_353.5_-75.0

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Event type: Heat wave

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• Antarctica

Duration: 4 days

Time span: July 21 2011 to July 24 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 10.0 °C
• Mean temperature: -39.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 16.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: -9.2 °C

Event center: -72.0°S 142.5°E

Area affected: 334269 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Heat_wave_2011-Jul-21_to_2011-Jul-24_142.5_-72.0

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Event type: Heat wave

Countries affected (identified with ArcGIS Online; provided only for geographical reference):

• Antarctica

Duration: 5 days

Time span: July 18 2011 to July 22 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 9.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -9.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 16.8 °C
• Maximum temperature: 0.5 °C

Event center: -65.0°S 116.0°E

Area affected: 307857 km$^2$

Fig. 1: Map of most extreme temperature anomalies (standardized) experienced during the event. The purple star indicates the center of the extreme event. Green hatching illustrates all areas under the effect of extremes at some time during the event.

Fig. 2: Evolution of temperature at the center of the event. The climatological percentile distribution is illustrated with color shadings.

Fig. 3: Maps illustrating the evolution of standardized temperature anomalies during the event.

Event ID: Heat_wave_2011-Jul-18_to_2011-Jul-22_116.0_-65.0