The California heat wave 2006 with impacts on statewide medical emergency: A space-time analysis

Geography Research Forum

Volumn 31, Issue , 2011, Pages 53-59

  Gershunov, Alexander ^a   Johnston, Zane ^a   Margolis, Helene G ^b   Guirguis, Kristen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Canonical correlation analysis; Climate change; Heat waves; Humidity; Morbidity; Public health; Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CANONICAL ANALYSIS; EXTREME EVENT; GLOBAL WARMING; HUMIDITY; MORBIDITY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858405493     PISSN: 03335275     EISSN: 24148725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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