Projections of heat waves with high impact on human health in Europe

Global and Planetary Change

Volumn 119, Issue , 2014, Pages 71-84

  Amengual, A ^a   Homar, V ^a   Romero, R ^a   Brooks, H E ^b   Ramis, C ^a   Gordaliza, M ^c   Alonso, S ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate change; Ensemble strategy; Heat waves; Human health; Physiologically equivalent temperature; Regional climate modeling; Statistical adjustment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEALTH; OFFSHORE STRUCTURES; PHYSIOLOGY; THERMAL STRESS;

ENSEMBLE STRATEGIES; HEAT WAVES; HUMAN HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGICALLY EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURES; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; STATISTICAL ADJUSTMENT;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; EXTREME EVENT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HUMIDITY; MORTALITY; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLICY MAKING; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RISK FACTOR; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

EUROPE;

EID: 84902440338     PISSN: 09218181     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2014.05.006     Document Type: Article

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