• A visual indicator of the current heat index and associated risk levels specific to your current geographical location • Precautionary recommendations specific to heat index-associated risk levels • An interactive, hourly forecast of heat index values, risk level, and recommendations for planni...
In the report, the research team looked at how many days each year each location has a heat index over 100 degrees. They also calculated how the number of these “dangerous days” will change by 2053, based on datasets from the federal government and others, combined with heat ...
In our manuscript, this framework is done by summing the number of CLH days at each location and determining whether the climate index is in a positive or negative phase. Monte Carlo simulations are conducted to determine whether the number of days counted were greater or less than what might...
84. They used the extreme heat index to show the most extreme heat-affected PM areas and showed that the northern PM region is most vulnerable. The present study showed a rise in different heatwave characteristics in PM. Time series analysis of heatwaves in nearby regions also revealed a ...
A comprehensive index should be used to evaluate the economic performance for a hybrid energy heating plant. According to the guideline published by IEA Task 54 [36], levelized cost of heat (LCoH) is a useful indicator to estimate the cost of the heat generated by the entire solar assisted...
A numeric scalar indicating the table variable index. For example, heatmap(__,'ColorVariable',1) selects the third variable in the table for the y-axis. A logical vector containing one true element. The values associated with your table variable must be of a numeric type or logical. The...
The heat index is a combination of ambient temperature and humidity that approximates the environmental aspect of the thermal regime of a human body, with the NWS thresholds representing a generalized estimate of the onset of physiological stress. These thresholds cannot be applied directly nationwide...
Citations 14,213 h-index 66 Publications 222 Blok, Kornelis Faculteit Techniek, Bestuur en Management, TU Delft, Delft, Netherlands Citations 7,339 h-index 47 Publications 97 Wang, Xiaolin University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia Citations 4,854 h-index 38 Publications 118 ...
For example, based on even a relatively modest warming of 1.5–2.0 °C and an associated moisture increase based on the Clausius–Clapeyron relationship17, highly populated areas such as the Eastern US could regularly experience heat waves with a greater apparent heat wave index (based on CMIP...
Thus, the inherent flexibility of the WBGT, which allows to account for heat stress for either indoors or outdoors with a single index, entail an important advantage. Climate data For the analysis of past heatwave events, we used ERA5-Land reanalysis data61, which provides hourly estimates of...