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California Heatwave Fits a Trend

A new study shows heatwaves in Southern California have increased in frequency, duration, and intensity over recent decades.


NASA Earth Observatory images by Joshua Stevens, using GEOS-5 data from the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office at NASA GSFC, data from the ECOSTRESS science team at NASA/JPL-Caltech, and data from Hulley, G. C., Dousset, B., & Kahn, B. H. (2020). Story by Kasha Patel.

Published September 10, 2020
Data acquired September 6, 2020

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ISS > ECOSTRESS
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