Title

Spatial patterns of record-setting temperatures

Authors

Alexander Kostinski, Michigan Technological UniversityFollow
Amalia Anserson, Hendrix College

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

9-2014

Abstract

We employ record-breaking statistics to study spatial correlations of record-setting terrestrial surface temperatures. To that end, a simple diagnostic tool is devised, reminiscent of a pair-correlation function. Data analysis reveals that while during the hottest years, record-breaking temperatures arrive in “heat waves”, extending throughout almost the entire continental United States, this is not so for all years, not even recently. Record-breaking temperatures generally exhibit spatial patterns and variability quite different from those of the mean temperatures.

Publisher's Statement

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Publication Title

Journal of Environmental Statistics

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Recommended Citation

Kostinski, A., & Anserson, A. (2014). Spatial patterns of record-setting temperatures. Journal of Environmental Statistics, 6(6), 1-13.
Retrieved from: https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/physics-fp/180

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