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: 9 days

Time span: February 09 2010 to February 17 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 6.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -21.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 12.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: 0.9 °C

Event center: -70.5°S 71.0°E

Area affected: 1250048 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_2010-Feb-09_to_2010-Feb-17_71.0_-70.5

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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: February 07 2010 to February 10 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 9.6 °C
• Mean temperature: -23.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 13.1 °C
• Maximum temperature: -18.0 °C

Event center: -72.0°S 106.0°E

Area affected: 133831 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_2010-Feb-07_to_2010-Feb-10_106.0_-72.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 6 days

Time span: February 07 2010 to February 12 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.6 °C
• Mean temperature: -30.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 11.0 °C
• Maximum temperature: -21.0 °C

Event center: -84.5°S 34.5°E

Area affected: 247011 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_2010-Feb-07_to_2010-Feb-12_34.5_-84.5

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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: February 04 2010 to February 07 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 6.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -6.1 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 9.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: -3.3 °C

Event center: -80.0°S 219.0°E

Area affected: 53352 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_2010-Feb-04_to_2010-Feb-07_219.0_-80.0

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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: January 31 2010 to February 14 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.7 °C
• Mean temperature: -11.0 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 11.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: 2.6 °C

Event center: -71.0°S 4.0°E

Area affected: 1148132 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_2010-Jan-31_to_2010-Feb-14_4.0_-71.0

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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: January 29 2010 to February 01 2010

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 8.3 °C
• Mean temperature: -24.3 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 11.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: -19.8 °C

Event center: -73.5°S 111.5°E

Area affected: 166728 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_2010-Jan-29_to_2010-Feb-01_111.5_-73.5