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ArticleScientific reports2024

Heatwaves in Peninsular Malaysia: a spatiotemporal analysis.

Mohd Khairul Idlan Muhammad, Mohammed Magdy Hamed, Sobri Harun, Zulfaqar Sa'adi, Saad Sh Sammen, Nadhir Al-Ansari, Shamsuddin Shahid, Miklas Scholz

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Mohd Khairul Idlan MuhammadDepartment of Water and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia. mohdkhairulidlan@utm.my.
Mohammed Magdy HamedConstruction and Building Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Technology, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), B 2401 Smart Village, Giza, 12577, Egypt.
Sobri HarunDepartment of Water and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.
Zulfaqar Sa'adiCentre for Environmental Sustainability and Water Security (IPASA), Research Institute for Sustainable Environment (RISE), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, UTM, 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.
Saad Sh SammenDepartment of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, Diyala University, Baqubah, 32001, Iraq.
Nadhir Al-AnsariCivil, Environmental and Natural Resources Engineering, Lulea University of Technology, 97187, Lulea, Sweden.
Shamsuddin ShahidDepartment of Water and Environmental Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), 81310, Skudai, Johor, Malaysia.
Miklas ScholzInnovation Management Department, Atene KOM, Invalidenstraße 91, 10115, Berlin, Germany. m.scholz@atenekom.eu.

Funding

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) under UTM Fundamental Research Q.J130000.2551.21H59UTM Encouragement Research (UTMER) 31J45
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

One of the direct and unavoidable consequences of global warming-induced rising temperatures is the more recurrent and severe heatwaves. In recent years, even countries like Malaysia seldom had some mild to severe heatwaves. As the Earth's average temperature continues to rise, heatwaves in Malaysia will undoubtedly worsen in the future. It is crucial to characterize and monitor heat events across time to effectively prepare for and implement preventative actions to lessen heatwave's social and economic effects. This study proposes heatwave-related indices that take into account both daily maximum (Tmax) and daily lowest (Tmin) temperatures to evaluate shifts in heatwave features in Peninsular Malaysia (PM). Daily ERA5 temperature dataset with a geographical resolution of 0.25° for the period 1950-2022 was used to analyze the changes in the frequency and severity of heat waves across PM, while the LandScan gridded population data from 2000 to 2020 was used to calculate the affected population to the heatwaves. This study also utilized Sen's slope for trend analysis of heatwave characteristics, which separates multi-decadal oscillatory fluctuations from secular trends. The findings demonstrated that the geographical pattern of heatwaves in PM could be reconstructed if daily Tmax is more than the 95th percentile for 3 or more days. The data indicated that the southwest was more prone to severe heatwaves. The PM experienced more heatwaves after 2000 than before. Overall, the heatwave-affected area in PM has increased by 8.98 km

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Hot extremesLandScan populationPeninsular MalaysiaReanalysis dataTropical region

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PMCPMC10882015

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