Demographic consequences of an extreme heat wave are mitigated by spatial heterogeneity in an annual monkeyflower [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Heat waves are becoming more frequent and intense with climate change, but the demographic and evolutionary consequences of heat waves are rarely investigated in herbaceous plant species.
Laura M. McDonald +4 more
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Rapid rises in the magnitude and risk of extreme regional heat wave events in China
Weather and Climate Extremes, 2021 Increasing occurrence of extreme heat waves poses serious risks to human society and ecosystems. Past studies generally examined the changes in heat wave characteristics at individual stations or grid points; however, a heat wave typically appears as a ...
Jun Wang, Zhongwei Yan
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Beliefs and behaviors associated with the first named heat wave in Seville Spain 2022 [PDF]
Scientific ReportsHeat waves pose a substantial and increasing risk to public health. Heat health early warning systems (HHEWSs) and response plans are increasingly being adopted to alert people to the health risks posed by days of extreme heat and recommend protective ...
Aaron Metzger +8 more
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Is heat wave a predictor of diarrhoea in Dhaka, Bangladesh? A time-series analysis in a South Asian tropical monsoon climate. [PDF]
PLOS Global Public HealthWhile numerous studies have assessed the association between temperature and diarrhoea in various locations, evidence of relationship between heat wave and diarrhoea is scarce. We defined elevated daily mean and maximum temperature over the 95th and 99th
Farhana Haque +8 more
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Investigation of the relationship between heat waves and urban heat islands (Case study: Ahvaz metropolis) [PDF]
جغرافیا و توسعه, 2022 Heat waves and urban heat islands are phenomena that affect human life. The purpose of this study is to investigation the relationship between heat waves and urban heat islands in the Ahvaz metropolis from 2003 to 2018.
Rogieh Maleki Rashti +2 more
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Urban Planning, 2023 This study aims to analyze the gap between the level of heat wave adaptation policies and heat wave effects in South Korean municipalities. First, the types of industries in municipalities were classified using factor analysis and cluster analysis ...
Tae Ho Kim +3 more
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Mapping Heat Wave Hazard in Urban Areas: A Novel Multi-Criteria Decision Making Approach
Atmosphere, 2022 Global population is experiencing more frequent, longer, and more severe heat waves due to global warming and urbanization. Episodic heat waves increase mortality and morbidity rates and demands for water and energy.
Javad Shafiei Shiva +2 more
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Spatial characterization of global heat waves using satellite-based land surface temperature
International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation, 2023 The warming world greatly suffers the increase of frequency, severity and duration of heat wave events, which would cause the significant societal and environmental damages and implications from local to global scales.
Yonghong Hu +6 more
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Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2023 In this study, two types of wave-structured pipes for heat exchangers that are easy to process are proposed, and the condensation pressure drop and heat transfer performances for hydrocarbon refrigerant upward flow in wave helical pipes are investigated.
Shulei Li +4 more
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Simulating the Urban Heat Island Augmented with a Heat Wave Episode Using ICTP RegCM4.7 in a Mega-Urban Structure of Karachi, Pakistan [PDF]
Journal of Soft Computing in Civil Engineering, 2021 The metropolis of Karachi, with a density of around 4000 persons/km2 at present, is going through unprecedented urbanization and population growth, which can augment Urban Heat Island (UHI) triggered heat wave impacts on life and living.
Burhan Ahmad +4 more
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