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These events are subject to change as newer data is added.", "value": false}, "start_date": {"name": "Start date", "description": "First date on which grid points are under the influence of an event", "value": "October 15 2024"}, "end_date": {"name": "End date", "description": "Last date on which grid points are under the influence of an event", "value": "October 18 2024"}, "duration": {"name": "Duration", "description": "Time elapsed (days) from the start date to the end date", "value": 4}, "figures_available": {"name": "Figures available", "description": "True if figures were pre-generated for this event", "value": true}, "detection_var": {"name": "Detection variable", "description": "Variable used for the detection scheme", "value": "t2m"}, "event_type": {"name": "Event type", "description": "Type of the event detected", "value": "Cold spell"}, "area": {"name": "Area", "description": "The area (in square meters) encompassing all grid points under the influence of an event during its lifetime.", "value": 59924.30340725312}, "countries_affected": {"name": "Countries affected", "description": "The ArcGIS geocoding API (https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/geocode/) is used to obtain a list of all the countries affected by an event during its lifetime.", "value": ["Mozambique"]}, "IPCC_regions": {"name": "IPCC regions", "description": "List of all IPCC regions affected", "value": ["E.Southern-Africa"]}, "continents_affected": {"name": "Continents affected", "description": "List of all continents affected", "value": ["Africa"]}, "oceans_affected": {"name": "Ocean basins affected", "description": "The ArcGIS geocoding API (https://developers.arcgis.com/rest/geocode/) is used to obtain a list of all the ocean basins affected by an event during its lifetime.", "value": ["Mozambique Channel"]}, "center_lat": {"name": "Center latitude", "description": "Latitude of the maximum time-integrated standardized t2m anomalies. 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