Development of objective air-mass classifications for studies of heat-related mortality in central Europe and East Asia

MODSIM07 - Land, Water and Environmental Management: Integrated Systems for Sustainability, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2875-2881

  Kysely, J ^a   Kim, J ^b   Huth, R ^a   Choi, B C ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b National Typhoon Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Air mass classifications; Biometeorology; Central Europe; East Asia; Human mortality

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HIERARCHICAL CLUSTERING; INTEGRATED CONTROL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMAL STRESS;

AIR MASS CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTERING TECHNIQUES; HEAT RELATED MORTALITY; HEAT WATCH WARNING SYSTEM; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOROLOGICAL INPUT; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

METEOROLOGY;

EID: 77956482975     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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