Evaluation of an early-warning system for heat wave-related mortality in Europe: Implications for sub-seasonal to seasonal forecasting and climate services

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Lowe, Rachel ^a   García Díez, Markel ^a   Ballester, Joan ^a   Creswick, James ^b   Robine, Jean Marie ^c,d   Herrmann, François R ^e   Rodó, Xavier ^a,f  

^a Catalan Institute of Climate Sciences (IC3)   (Spain)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c EHESS Sciences   (France)

^d PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^f INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Climate services; Early warning system; Extremes; Heat wave; Mortality model; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; AIR TEMPERATURE; EARLY WARNING SYSTEM; EXTREME EVENT; METEOROLOGICAL HAZARD; MORTALITY; SEVERE WEATHER; WEATHER FORECASTING;

CLIMATE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; EUROPE; FORECASTING; HEAT; MORTALITY; PREDICTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SKILL; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; ADVERSE EFFECTS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEATHER;

SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLIMATE; EUROPE; FORECASTING; HEALTH PLANNING; HEAT STRESS DISORDERS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONS; WEATHER;

EID: 84957539899     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13020206     Document Type: Article

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