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: 3 days

Time span: August 16 2011 to August 18 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 9.8 °C
• Mean temperature: -11.8 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 13.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: -9.2 °C

Event center: -70.5°S 7.0°E

Area affected: 70812 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-16_to_2011-Aug-18_7.0_-70.5

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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 12 2011 to August 22 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 5.3 °C
• Mean temperature: 1.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 15.2 °C
• Maximum temperature: 18.6 °C

Event center: -49.0°S 29.0°E

Area affected: 9170777 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-12_to_2011-Aug-22_29.0_-49.0

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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: August 09 2011 to August 17 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 8.5 °C
• Mean temperature: -12.7 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 14.6 °C
• Maximum temperature: -2.3 °C

Event center: -66.0°S 92.5°E

Area affected: 869360 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-09_to_2011-Aug-17_92.5_-66.0

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Event type: Heat wave

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

• Antarctica

Duration: 3 days

Time span: August 07 2011 to August 09 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 10.6 °C
• Mean temperature: -40.9 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 14.7 °C
• Maximum temperature: -33.4 °C

Event center: -76.5°S 30.5°E

Area affected: 54829 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-07_to_2011-Aug-09_30.5_-76.5

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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 06 2011 to August 10 2011

Statistics over entire affected area:

• Mean temperature anomaly: 12.4 °C
• Mean temperature: -9.4 °C
• Maximum temperature anomaly: 18.9 °C
• Maximum temperature: -0.4 °C

Event center: -70.5°S 297.5°E

Area affected: 123160 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-06_to_2011-Aug-10_297.5_-70.5

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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