Future Heat Stress During Muslim Pilgrimage (Hajj) Projected to Exceed “Extreme Danger” Levels

The Muslim pilgrimage or Hajj, which is one of the five pillars of Muslim faith, takes place outdoors in and surrounding Mecca in the Saudi Arabian desert. The U.S. National Weather Service defines an extreme danger heat stress threshold which is approximately equivalent to a wet-bulb temperature of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kang, Suchul, Pal, Jeremy S., Eltahir, Elfatih A. B.
Other Authors: Parsons Laboratory for Environmental Science and Engineering (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/125786