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Assessing heat-related health risk in Europe via the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI)

In this work, the potential of the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) as a heat-related health risk indicator in Europe is demonstrated. The UTCI is a bioclimate index that uses a multi-node human heat balance model to represent the heat stress induced by meteorological conditions to the human b...

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Autores principales: Di Napoli, Claudia, Pappenberger, Florian, Cloke, Hannah L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6028891/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29546489
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00484-018-1518-2