--- attributes: ~ caption: 'This map shows the number of total heat wave days per summer projected for the mid-21st century, as a factor of increase relative to the end of the 20th century (assuming a scenario of rapid economic growth driven by a balanced portfolio of energy sources). As the occurrence of extremely hot days increases with rising greenhouse gases, meteorologists and public health practitioners have an opportunity to work together to protect communities from heat-related hazards. (Source: NOAA Climate.gov)' chapter: description: ~ display_name: 'Chapter 2: Federal Investments in Global Change Research ' doi: ~ identifier: federal-investments-global-change-research number: 2 report_identifier: usgcrp-ocpfy2016 sort_key: 20 title: 'Federal Investments in Global Change Research ' url: ~ chapter_identifier: federal-investments-global-change-research cited_by: [] contributors: - display_name: 'Scientist : Mary Jo Nath (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory) ' href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/4699.yaml id: 4699 organization: country_code: US display_name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory identifier: geophysical-fluid-dynamics-laboratory name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory organization_type_identifier: federal type: organization url: http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/ organization_uri: /organization/geophysical-fluid-dynamics-laboratory person: display_name: Mary Jo Nath first_name: Mary Jo id: 2614 last_name: Nath middle_name: ~ orcid: ~ type: person url: http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/mary_jo_nath_homepage person_id: 2614 person_uri: /person/2614 role_type_identifier: scientist uri: /contributor/4699 - display_name: 'Scientist : Ngar-Cheung Lau (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory) ' href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/4698.yaml id: 4698 organization: country_code: US display_name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory identifier: geophysical-fluid-dynamics-laboratory name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory organization_type_identifier: federal type: organization url: http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/ organization_uri: /organization/geophysical-fluid-dynamics-laboratory person: display_name: Ngar-Cheung Lau first_name: Ngar-Cheung id: 2615 last_name: Lau middle_name: ~ orcid: ~ type: person url: http://www.gfdl.noaa.gov/gabriel-lau-homepage person_id: 2615 person_uri: /person/2615 role_type_identifier: scientist uri: /contributor/4698 - display_name: 'Analyst : Richard Pasch (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) ' href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/4695.yaml id: 4695 organization: country_code: US display_name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration identifier: national-oceanic-atmospheric-administration name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration organization_type_identifier: federal type: organization url: http://www.noaa.gov/ organization_uri: /organization/national-oceanic-atmospheric-administration person: display_name: Richard Pasch first_name: Richard id: 2612 last_name: Pasch middle_name: ~ orcid: ~ type: person url: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/staff/Pasch_bio_2015.pdf person_id: 2612 person_uri: /person/2612 role_type_identifier: analyst uri: /contributor/4695 - display_name: 'Analyst : Dan Pisut (Environmental Visualization Lab) ' href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/4696.yaml id: 4696 organization: country_code: US display_name: Environmental Visualization Lab identifier: environmental-visualization-lab name: Environmental Visualization Lab organization_type_identifier: federal type: organization url: http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/ organization_uri: /organization/environmental-visualization-lab person: display_name: Dan Pisut first_name: Dan id: 2613 last_name: Pisut middle_name: ~ orcid: ~ type: person url: http://www.nnvl.noaa.gov/ person_id: 2613 person_uri: /person/2613 role_type_identifier: analyst uri: /contributor/4696 create_dt: ~ description: 'This map shows the number of total heat wave days per summer projected for the mid-21st century, as a factor of increase relative to the end of the 20th century (assuming a scenario of rapid economic growth driven by a balanced portfolio of energy sources). 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