Weather and Climate Dynamics
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Articles | Volume 6, issue 1
Articles | Volume 6, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-131-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/wcd-6-131-2025
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Articles | Volume 6, issue 1
Research article
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29 Jan 2025
Research article |  | 29 Jan 2025

Two different perspectives on heatwaves within the Lagrangian framework

Amelie Mayer and Volkmar Wirth

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Although heatwaves are among the most dangerous weather-related hazards, their underlying mechanisms are not fully understood. Here, we investigate the formation of heatwaves in an air-parcel-based framework and distinguish the contributions from horizontal transport, vertical transport, and diabatic heating. We show that the results obtained depend profoundly on whether one compares the absolute contributions of the individual terms or, instead, their anomalies relative to climatology.
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