Application of a weather stress index for alerting the public to stressful weather in Hong Kong

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 369-375

  Li, P W ^a   Chan, S T ^a  

^a HONG KONG OBSERVATORY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGY;

HONG-KONG; MORTALITY RATE; ON CURRENTS; OPERATIONAL PROCEDURES; STRESS INDICES;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CLIMATOLOGY; DATABASE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; MEDIA ROLE; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 0040519867     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482700001602     Document Type: Article

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