Figure 1. Four Dominant Heat Wave Clusters (IMAGE)

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science

Figure 1. Four Dominant Heat Wave Clusters

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The four dominant heat wave clusters (i.e., Western, Northern Plains, Southern Plains, and Great Lakes) are embedded on top of a population count of US counties (gray shading) units of population per arc-second squared or about 600m2. The 21st Century years provided below the name of each cluster represents the decade for which Human-caused climate change may be a dominant factor in the occurrence of heat waves when compared to natural variability.

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Hosmay Lopez

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