Concept information
Preferred term
heat dome
Definition(s)
- A heat dome is a persistent and/or powerful high pressure system (anticyclone) that produces a kind of dome during the warm season where the temperature is higher over a large area of the troposphere than in the surrounding regions. This phenomenon results in scorching heat. A heat dome can occur mainly in summer and spring, when the air mass warms up sufficiently during the day and causes abnormally high temperatures over a large geographical area. (Adapted and translated from: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%B4me_de_chaleur)
Broader concept(s)
Synonym(s)
- warm dome
In other languages
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French
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/QX8-VGHGPH0H-N
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