2019

Author(s): Dan Wang, Kevin Ka-Lun Laub, Chao Ren, William Bernard III Goggins, Yuan Shie ,Hung Chak Ho, Tsz-Cheung Leeg, Lap-Shun Leeg, Jean Woo, Edward Ng

This study examined the appropriate and applicable thresholds for identifying extreme hot weather event (EHWE) by accounting for daytime and nighttime heat events, respectively and interactively, as well as different lengths and occurrence timing of EHWEs from the public health perspective.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.07.039
Journal: Science of The Total Environment, Volume 690, 10 November 2019, Pages 923-931