An interdecadal decrease in extreme heat days in August over Northeast China around the early 1990s
E-Mail IMAGE: The probability distribution function of the daily series of Tmax in August over Northeast China before (black line) and after (red line) the interdecadal change. view more Credit: Ruidan Chen Against the background of global warming, extreme heat days (EHDs) occur frequently and greatly threaten human health and societal development. Therefore, it is of great importance to understand the variation of EHDs. Previous studies have indicated that the frequency of EHDs is mainly modulated by the mean state of temperature, and thus the frequency of EHDs mostly presents an...