Increasing heat risk in China’s urban agglomerations

A heat danger day is defined as an extreme when the heat stress index (a combined temperature and humidity measure) exceeding 41 °C, warranting public heat alerts. This study assesses future heat risk (i.e. heat danger days times the population at risk) based on the latest Coupled Model Intercompari...

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Main Authors: Guwei Zhang, Gang Zeng, Xin-Zhong Liang, Cunrui Huang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2021-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac046e