Mortality during heat waves in South Korea, 1991 to 2005: How exceptional was the 1994 heat wave?

Climate Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 105-116

  Kyselý, Jan ^a   Kim, Jiyoung ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b National Typhoon Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Climate change; East Asia; Extreme events; Heat wave; Human mortality

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISASTER; EXTREME EVENT; MORTALITY; PROBABILITY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SUMMER; WARNING SYSTEM;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 62249220629     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00775     Document Type: Review

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