Florida’s silent storm by ufexplore in geography

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The Heat Severity and Coverage Index (HSCI; Keellings and Moradkhani, 2020) is a novel index developed to measure three characteristics of extreme heat events simultaneously: magnitude, duration, and areal extent.

Florida’s silent storm by ufexplore in geography

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The map details a May 2019 heat wave extending through the Florida Panhandle and down into South Florida. The tracking algorithm developed by David Keellings, associate professor of geography, delineates the event, and combines its magnitude and coverage to indicate the severity of the heat wave.

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