Contrasting urban and rural heat stress responses to climate change

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Fischer, E M ^a   Oleson, K W ^b   Lawrence, D M ^b  

^a Land Climate Dynamics Group   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; RURAL AREAS; THERMAL STRESS; TROPICS;

ADAPTIVE CAPACITY; ANNUAL CYCLE; DIURNAL CYCLE; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODEL; HEAT STRESS; HEATWAVES; HIGH HUMIDITY; MIDLATITUDES; TIME STEP; TROPICAL REGIONS; URBAN AREAS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN MODEL; URBAN-RURAL; WET-BULB; CLIMATE EXTREMES; HEATWAVE; URBAN AND RURAL;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE;

AMPLIFICATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; GLOBAL CHANGE; HEAT ISLAND; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; CARBON DIOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL CLIMATE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON;

EID: 84856908912     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL050576     Document Type: Article

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