Chronically underestimated: a reassessment of US heat waves using the extended heat index
The heat index, or apparent temperature, was never defined for extreme heat and humidity, leading to the widespread adoption of a polynomial extrapolation designed by the United States National Weather Service. Recently, however, the heat index has been extended to all combinations of temperature an...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2022-01-01
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Series: | Environmental Research Letters |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac8945 |