The asymmetric impact of abundant preceding rainfall on heat stress in low latitudes

In addition to high temperature, high humidity can have significant consequences on thermal comfort of human beings. The co-occurrence of high temperature and high humidity (so-called ‘oppressive hot days’) often results in heat stress events, but the extent to which it is affected by preceding surf...

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Main Authors: Xingcai Liu, Qiuhong Tang, Wenfeng Liu, Hong Yang, Pavel Groisman, Guoyong Leng, Philippe Ciais, Xuejun Zhang, Siao Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2019-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab018a