Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) and adverse pregnancy outcomes in Ahvaz, Iran [PDF]
Reproductive Health, 2022 Plain Language Summary Scientists have found that climate change has adverse effects on human health. Because pregnant women are one of the most vulnerable groups, these negative impacts may affect their fetuses, which make up the next generation.
Narges Khodadadi +3 more
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Universal thermal climate index associations with mortality, hospital admissions, and road accidents in Bavaria. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 When meteorological conditions deviate from the optimal range for human well-being, the risks of illness, injury, and death increase, and such impacts are feared in particular with more frequent and intense extreme weather conditions resulting from ...
Wael Ghada +3 more
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Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature, Universal Thermal Climate Index, and Other Heat Metrics for US Counties, 2000–2020 [PDF]
Scientific Data, 2022 Measurement(s) ambient temperature • dewpoint temperature • humidex • heat index • wet-bulb globe temperature • universal thermal climate index • effective temperature Technology Type(s) reanalysis Sample Characteristic - Environment 2-meter atmospheric ...
Keith R. Spangler +2 more
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Assessing heat-related health risk in Europe via the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI). [PDF]
Int J Biometeorol, 2018 In this work the potential of the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) as a heat-related health risk indicator in Europe is demonstrated. The UTCI is a bioclimate index that uses a multi-node human heat balance model to represent the heat stress ...
Di Napoli C, Pappenberger F, Cloke HL.
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Global forecasting of thermal health hazards: the skill of probabilistic predictions of the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI). [PDF]
Int J Biometeorol, 2015 Although over a hundred thermal indices can be used for assessing thermal health hazards, many ignore the human heat budget, physiology and clothing.
Pappenberger F +6 more
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Influence of meteorological conditions on herpes zoster occurrence: a retrospective cohort study [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineIntroductionHerpes zoster is caused by the reactivation of the varicella zoster virus, typically affecting older adults and immunocompromised individuals.
Michał Ochal +4 more
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Comparative reliability assessment of PET and UTCI thermal comfort indices using Monte Carlo simulation in urban microclimates [PDF]
Scientific ReportsUrban thermal comfort analysis in hot-arid climates requires robust methodological frameworks to address intensifying heat stress. This study introduces a reliability-based thermal comfort framework using Monte Carlo simulation to evaluate six urban ...
Mohammad Ali Sargazi +3 more
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Heat Waves in Sarajevo in the Period 1901-2018
Revija za Geografijo, 2023 The article analyzes heat waves in Sarajevo in the period 1901—2018. We presented the trends in the number of heat waves, their length, the highest air temperatures during heat waves and the cumulative highest temperatures during heat waves.
Igor Žiberna +2 more
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Analysis of the Universal Thermal Climate Index during heat waves in Serbia [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2020 The objective of this paper is to assess the bioclimatic conditions in Serbia during summer in order to identify biothermal heat hazard. Special emphasis is placed on the bioclimatic index UTCI (Universal Thermal Climate Index), whose purpose is to ...
M. M. Pecelj +6 more
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Thermal indices for human biometeorology based on Python
Scientific Reports, 2023 Thermal indices, such as Predicted Mean Vote, Outdoor Standard Effective Temperature, Physiologically Equivalent Temperature, and Universal Thermal Climate Index, are essential for the evaluation of thermal perception, the design of climate sensitive ...
Yung-Chang Chen
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