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Chronically underestimated: a reassessment of US heat waves using the extended heat index
Environmental Research Letters, 2022 The heat index, or apparent temperature, was never defined for extreme heat and humidity, leading to the widespread adoption of a polynomial extrapolation designed by the United States National Weather Service.
David M Romps, Yi-Chuan Lu
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Identifying Heat Waves of Iran [PDF]
جغرافیا و توسعه, 2013 Heat waves are one of the most important climatic hazards that have damaging ecological environment impacts on the nature every year. For this purpose, the aim of this research is identifying heat waves of Iran and their characteristic such as duration,
morteza esmaeil negad +3 more
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Land, 2022 Urban land-use affects surface air temperature; however, the impact of urban land-use on surface air temperature, particularly the extent to which it affects the duration of extreme heat waves, remains uncertain and the mechanisms of diurnal differences ...
Xiaokang Su +3 more
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Characteristics of Heat Waves in Mainland China since 1961 Based on Absolute and Relative Methods
Atmosphere, 2023 Based on gridded temperature data from the China Meteorological Administration (CMA), two types of methods, i.e., absolute methods and relative methods, respectively, were used to identify heat waves in Mainland China.
Honghua Ji +6 more
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Processes determining heat waves across different European climates [PDF]
, 2019 This study presents a comprehensive analysis of processes determining heat waves across different climates in Europe for the period 1979–2016. Heat waves are defined using a percentile‐based index and the main processes quantified along trajectories are ...
Fink, Andreas H. +3 more
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Features of the dynamics of heat waves in selected cities of Ukraine
Вісник Харківського національного університету імені В.Н. Каразіна. Серія Геологія. Географія. Екологія, 2021 Formulation of the problem. One of the main manifestations of regional climate changes in Ukraine on the background of global warming is substantial rise of air temperature and increasing of extreme weather conditions.
Tamerlan Safranov +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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Characteristics of Heat Waves From a Disaster Perspective [PDF]
Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2020 In September 2018, heat waves were declared to be a type of natural disaster by the Framework Act on the Management of Disasters and Safety. The present study examined the characteristics of heat waves from the perspectives of meteorological phenomena ...
Do-Woo Kim +3 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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Heat waves and human well-being in Madrid (Spain) [PDF]
, 2019 Heat waves pose additional risks to urban spaces because of the additional heat provided by urban heat islands (UHIs) as well as poorer air quality.
Allende, Fernando +3 more
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