‘PlatformAdam’ received 3301 retweets for their tweet posted on April 29 that read: “The current extreme #heatwave in #Pakistan and #India as seen today, on the fourth intense hot day, by #Copernicus #Sentinel3 LST (Land Surface Temperature, not Air!). LST collected on April 29 shows...
18 (12.9%) cities had very high heat vulnerability index values; only one of these (Malabon City) was in Metro Manila (Fig.3c). Forty-five (32.4%) cities had high heat vulnerability index values. Seven of these cities are found in Metro Manila, whereas the rest are distributed across th...
Extreme heat undermines the working capacity of individuals, resulting in lower productivity, and thus economic output. Here we analyse the present and future economic damages due to reduced labour productivity caused by extreme heat in Europe. For the a
Roth IRAs offer significant tax advantages, but contribution limits make smart investment selection vital. Tony DongJan. 13, 2025 10 Best Low-Cost Index Funds to Buy Fees matter for investment outcomes, and these low-cost index funds are hard to beat. ...
Doug Glenn: Gotcha. We’re going to talk primarily about vacuum furnaces — though, I know that’s also possible in an atmosphere — and the typical vacuum furnace today is the single-chamber vacuum furnace. Maybe it’s obvious already, but can you explain the differences between the isolate...
Section 1: Hydrogen foundations Molecular hydrogen (H2) is a gas that can be burned into the air to produce a high-temperature flame without emitting CO2, allowing it to store energy and provide an alternative to fossil fuels.15 Today, hydrogen is mainly used for industrial processes,...
35 Today, ASHRAE recommends 4 air changes per hour for patient rooms, though rates are likely to increase following COVID-19.1,50 Based on these estimates, the ventilation stream at the RVH would have a heat carrying capacity of approximately 2300W/K. Assuming a single layer of brick, the...
Science and Technology for the Built Environment Volume 30, 2024 - Issue 4: 2022 Building Performance Analysis Conference and SimBuild; Guest editors: Andy Berres and Yunyang Ye Submit an article Journal homepage Open access 1,009 Views 1 CrossRef citations to date 0 Altmetric Listen...
Figure9displays the vegetation index for Tehran during different seasons, revealing that the highest NDVI occurs in April with a value of 0.29 compared to March and May. This trend gradually declines until other months, with NDVI reaching 0.19 in June and 0.18 in July and August. From September...
In this article we present three instruments: (1) a social vulnerability to extreme heat index to identify the areas of a city (and populations thereof) more vulnerable to extreme heat due to climate change (heat islands); (2) a new overall fragility index that incorporates social vulnerability...