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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: David M Romps, Yi-Chuan Lu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2022-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ac8945