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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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The characteristic of heat wave effects on coronary heart disease mortality in Beijing, China: a time series study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 BACKGROUND: There is limited evidence for the impacts of heat waves on coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality in Beijing, capital city of China. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to find a best heat wave definition for CHD mortality; and explore the characteristic of
Zhaoxing Tian +3 more
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Atmosphere, 2023 Heat waves (HWs) with high humidity are dangerous to human health. However, existing studies on different types of HWs considering the effect of humidity are still limited.
Xi Chen
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Applied Sciences, 2022 Among numerous electronic cooling methods, a vibrating heat sink using sinusoidal wave vibration effectively enhances the heat transfer by disturbing the thermal boundary layer.
Ambagaha Hewage Dona Kalpani Rasangika +3 more
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The 2021 European Heat Wave in the Context of Past Major Heat Waves
Earth and Space Science, 2022 The past two decades in Europe have been characterized by numerous major heat waves, with record‐breaking temperatures reported also during the summer of 2021. While most previous studies on heat waves were based on land‐only datasets (station or gridded)
Ondřej Lhotka, Jan Kyselý
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Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of High-Temperature Heat Wave Disasters in Chongqing
Atmosphere, 2022 In the background of global warming, heat wave disasters have become more frequent globally, and mountainous cities are more seriously affected by heat wave disasters due to the special features of topography and urban morphology. This paper analyzes the
Haijing Huang +3 more
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Advancing our Understanding of Heat Wave Criteria and Associated Health Impacts to Improve Heat Wave Alerts in Developing Country Settings. [PDF]
, 2019 Health effects of heat waves with high baseline temperatures in areas such as India remain a critical research gap. In these regions, extreme temperatures may affect the underlying population's adaptive capacity; heat wave alerts should be optimized to ...
Azhar, Gulrez Shah +6 more
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The Use of a Quasi-Experimental Study on the Mortality Effect of a Heat Wave Warning System in Korea. [PDF]
, 2019 Many cities and countries have implemented heat wave warning systems to combat the health effects of extreme heat. Little is known about whether these systems actually reduce heat-related morbidity and mortality.
Bell, Michelle L +5 more
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Global Health Research and Policy, 2017 Background There was no consistent definition for heat wave worldwide, while a limited number of studies have compared the mortality effect of heat wave as defined differently.
Yunquan Zhang +6 more
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Remote Sensing, 2020 Heat waves seriously affect the productivity and daily life of human beings. Therefore, they bring great risks and uncertainties for the further development of countries in the One Belt and One Road (OBOR) region.
Cong Yin +3 more
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