Name of Project: Heatwaves in Europe
Proposal in one sentence: Data set containing heatwaves aggregated data
Description of the project and what problem is it solving:
The Russian heatwave in 2010 killed tens of thousands of people, and was by far the worst event in
Europe since at least 1950, according to recent studies and a novel universal heatwave index capturing
both the duration and magnitude of heatwaves. Here, by taking an improved version of this index,
namely the heat wave magnitude index daily, we rank the top ten European heatwaves that occurred in
the period 1950–2014, and show the spatial distribution of the magnitude of the most recent heatwave
in summer 2015. Also 1972 heatwave in Finland had a comparable spatial extent and
magnitude as the European heatwave of 2003, considered the second strongest heatwave of the
observational era. In the next two decades (2021–2040), regional climate projections suggest that
Europe experiences an enhanced probability for heatwaves comparable to or greater than the
magnitude, extent and duration of the Russian heatwave in 2010. So that the probability
of experiencing a major European heatwave in the coming decades is higher in RCP8.5 than RCP4.5
even though global mean temperature projections do not differ substantially. This calls for a proactive
vulnerability assessment in Europe in support of formulating heatwave adaptation strategies to reduce
the adverse impacts of heatwaves
Grant Deliverables: Publish dataset on Polygon
Which category best describes your project? Unleash Data
Which Fundamental Metric best describes your project? Data Consume Volume
What is the final product?: Usage of Ocean Marketplace
Funding Requested: 3k USD
Proposal Wallet Address: 0x7ac1205E87236247aE8b141B97AcB5a9F2Aa1f9C
Have you previously received an OceanDAO Grant (Y/N)? No
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Project lead Contact Email: igorFedorov204@outlook.com
Country of Residence: Russia