000127669 001__ 127669 000127669 005__ 20241125101155.0 000127669 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.atmosres.2023.106931 000127669 0248_ $$2sideral$$a134632 000127669 037__ $$aART-2023-134632 000127669 041__ $$aeng 000127669 100__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-7663-1202$$aSerrano-Notivoli, Roberto$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000127669 245__ $$aUnprecedented warmth: A look at Spain's exceptional summer of 2022 000127669 260__ $$c2023 000127669 5060_ $$aAccess copy available to the general public$$fUnrestricted 000127669 5203_ $$aThe warming of the global climate system is expected to result in significant socio-economic stress, primarily through the occurrence of extreme weather and climate events, with the potential for severe impacts on societies. This was evidenced by the vulnerability of European nations during the 2003 summer heatwave, which resulted in the death of tens of thousands of individuals due to heat-related complications. In this analysis, we examine the summer of 2022 in Spain, a Mediterranean country that is among the most impacted by the effects of climate change. A distinct pattern of the subtropical ridge in the 500 hPa geopotential height, which is typically linked to the occurrence of heatwaves in the Iberian Peninsula (IP), and the atmospheric blocking in the North Atlantic region facilitated the southerly flow of exceptionally warm air masses from Africa towards the IP, contributing to the sustained high temperatures throughout the summer season. Our results show that Spain experienced record-breaking temperatures in nearly half of the country that favored more frequent, intense, and longer-lasting heatwaves compared to previous historical records available from 1893. In general, despite normal rainfall conditions, the extremely high temperatures led to intense drought conditions in most areas. Finally, the paleoclimatic records suggest that the average summer temperature of 2022 was unprecedented within the last 700 years, and the driest within the last 279 in NE Spain. These findings highlight the need for measures to mitigate the effects of heat on at-risk populations, and to increase resilience and adaptation to climate change in the future. 000127669 536__ $$9info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/RYC2021-034330-I 000127669 540__ $$9info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess$$aby$$uhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 000127669 590__ $$a4.5$$b2023 000127669 592__ $$a1.427$$b2023 000127669 591__ $$aMETEOROLOGY & ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES$$b22 / 110 = 0.2$$c2023$$dQ1$$eT1 000127669 593__ $$aAtmospheric Science$$c2023$$dQ1 000127669 594__ $$a9.4$$b2023 000127669 655_4 $$ainfo:eu-repo/semantics/article$$vinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 000127669 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-6825-3870$$aTejedor, Ernesto 000127669 700__ $$aSarricolea, Pablo 000127669 700__ $$aMeseguer-Ruiz, Oliver 000127669 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-7585-3636$$aLuis Arrillaga, Martín de$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000127669 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0001-8979-0253$$aSaz, Miguel Ángel$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000127669 700__ $$0(orcid)0000-0002-9558-1308$$aLongares, Luis Alberto$$uUniversidad de Zaragoza 000127669 700__ $$aOlcina, Jorge 000127669 7102_ $$13006$$2430$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Geograf. Ordenac.Territ.$$cÁrea Geografía Física 000127669 7102_ $$13006$$2010$$aUniversidad de Zaragoza$$bDpto. Geograf. Ordenac.Territ.$$cÁrea Análisis Geográfico Regi. 000127669 773__ $$g293 (2023), 106931 [15 pp.]$$pAtmos. res.$$tATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH$$x0169-8095 000127669 8564_ $$s5508220$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/127669/files/texto_completo.pdf$$yVersión publicada 000127669 8564_ $$s2606542$$uhttps://zaguan.unizar.es/record/127669/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon$$xicon$$yVersión publicada 000127669 909CO $$ooai:zaguan.unizar.es:127669$$particulos$$pdriver 000127669 951__ $$a2024-11-22-12:09:03 000127669 980__ $$aARTICLE