Evaluating Japan’s revised heat-health warning system in the face of recent escalating heat stress
In 2021, the Japanese government changed the exposure indicator of the national heat-health warning system (HHWS) from air temperature ( T _air ) to Wet Bulb Globe Temperature ( T _WBG ), reflecting the growing concerns about the escalating humid heat stress. However, a clear validation of the advan...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2024-01-01
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Series: | Environmental Research Letters |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ad3a81 |