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The assessment of human bioclimate of Vranje health resort (Serbia) based on Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) with the focus on extreme biothermal conditions [PDF]

Geographia Polonica, 2021
The study deals with an assessment and interpretation of the bioclimatic conditions in Vranje (southern Serbia).The study aims at temporal distributions of bioclimatic conditions focussing on extreme thermal stress based on the Universal Thermal Climate ...
Milica Pecelj, Anna Błażejczyk, Nemanja Vagić, Peca Ivanović   +3 more
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Comparative Analysis of Future Urban Thermal Comfort in Three Cities Considering Urbanization Under Multiple CMIP6 Scenarios

Earth and Space Science
This work investigates variations in thermal conditions in cities with different background climates exposed to climate change and future urbanization (i.e., horizontal/vertical urban expansion and energy consumption change).
Xiao Jin, Alvin C. G. Varquez, Do Ngoc Khanh, Tomohiko Ihara, Norihiro Itsubo, Manabu Kanda, I. Dewa Gede Agung Junnaedhi   +6 more
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The Universal Thermal Climate Index UTCI Compared to Ergonomics Standards for Assessing the Thermal Environment

Industrial Health, 2013
The growing need for valid assessment procedures of the outdoor thermal environment in the fields of public weather services, public health systems, urban planning, tourism & recreation and climate impact research raised the idea to develop the Universal Thermal Climate Index UTCI based on the most recent scientific progress both in thermo-physiology ...
George Havenith, Peter Brode, Krzysztof Błażejczyk   +2 more
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Future changes of bioclimate in Greece: Variations in thermal stress according to the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI)

Science of the Total Environment
The climate change and rising global surface temperature present urgent, immediate challenges, particularly in Mediterranean regions, where bioclimate is shifting significantly. This study examines the future bioclimate in Greece by projecting changes in thermal stress from 2031 to 2060 relative to 1991-2020.
Katerina Pantavou, Vassiliki Kotroni
exaly   +3 more sources

Comparative reliability assessment of PET and UTCI thermal comfort indices using Monte Carlo simulation in urban microclimates [PDF]

Scientific Reports
Urban 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, Abolfazl Heidari, Jamshid Davtalab, Jamshid Piri   +3 more
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Comparing Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) with selected thermal indices/environmental parameters during 12 months of the year

Weather and Climate Extremes, 2018
Heat stress negatively influences human health and performance, and leading to lower efficiency in daily activities. The present study sought to examine the relationship between UTCI, other heat indices (SET, PET, PMV, PPD, and WBGT), and environmental parameters. Daily data, encompassing a 12 month period in 2016 (from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Rasoul Hemmatjo, Keyvan Sarebanzadeh, Sajad Zare   +2 more
exaly   +3 more sources

Spatio-Temporal Analysis of the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) for the Summertime in the Period 2000–2021 in Slovenia: The Implication of Heat Stress for Agricultural Workers

Agronomy, 2023
Due to climate change crisis, the risk of occupational heat stress for agricultural workers has recently increased. The temporal and spatial biometeorological conditions in different climatic regions of Slovenia during summer were analyzed using the ...
Zalika Črepinšek, Zala Žnidaršič, Tjaša Pogačar   +2 more
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Long‐Term Changes of Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) Estimated From Weather Stations and Gradient‐Boosted Decision Trees Throughout Japan

International Journal of Climatology
ABSTRACTEvaluating long‐term changes in thermal comfort can be useful for considering measures against thermal‐related health risks. In this study, spatio‐temporal changes in thermal comfort, using the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI), were calculated from observations at 140 weather stations across Japan for the 1980–2020 period.
Hiroki, Ryoga, Varquez, Alvin, Khanh, Do Ngoc, Rynazal, Ryza, Renard, Florent, Alonso, Lucille, Kanda, Manabu   +6 more
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UTCI as the NWP model ALADIN (CHMI) output – first experiences

Geographia Polonica, 2021
The article includes a summary of basic information about the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) calculation by the numerical weather prediction (NWP) model ALADIN of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI). Examples of operational outputs for
Martin Novak
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Bioclimatic conditions and thermal seasons of the year in Szczecin

Geographia Polonica, 2021
Climate change is an empirical fact evidenced by subsequent IPCC reports. The observed climate change is also manifested in the altered date of occurrence and duration of the seasons in a year.
Agnieszka Mąkosza
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