Heat watch/warning systems save lives: Estimated costs and benefits for Philadelphia 1995-98

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1067-1073

  Ebi, Kristie L ^a   Teisberg, Thomas J ^b   Kalkstein, Laurence S ^c   Robinson, Lawrence ^e   Weiher, Rodney F ^d  

^a EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^b Teisberg Associates   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^d NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT WAVE WARNING SYSTEM; HEAT WAVES; MORTALITY DISPLACEMENT;

ALARM SYSTEMS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH RISKS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METEOROLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 4444257273     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-85-8-1067     Document Type: Article

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