The Universal Thermal Climate Index as an Operational Forecasting Tool of Human Biometeorological Conditions in Europe
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<a href="https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030767150" target="_blank" >https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030767150</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76716-7_10" target="_blank" >10.1007/978-3-030-76716-7_10</a>
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Universal Thermal Climate Index as an Operational Forecasting Tool of Human Biometeorological Conditions in Europe
Original language description
In operational weather forecasting standard environmental parameters, such as air temperature and humidity, are traditionally used to predict thermal conditions in the future. These parameters, however, are not enough to describe the thermal stress induced by the outdoor environment to the human body as they neglect the human heat budget and personal characteristics (e.g. clothing). The Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) overcomes these limitations by using an advanced thermo-physiological model coupled with a state-of-the-art clothing model. Several systems have been recently developed to operationally forecast human biometeorological conditions via the UTCI, i.e. by computing UTCI from the forecasts of air temperature, humidity, wind speed and radiation as provided by numerical weather prediction models. Here we describe the UTCI-based forecasting systems developed in Czech Republic, Italy, Poland, Portugal and at the pan-European scale. Their characteristics are illustrated and their potential as warning systems for thermal hazards discussed.
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10509 - Meteorology and atmospheric sciences
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
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Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
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Book/collection name
Applications of the Universal Thermal Climate Index UTCI in Biometeorology
ISBN
978-3-030-76715-0
Number of pages of the result
18
Pages from-to
152-171
Number of pages of the book
180
Publisher name
Springer International Publishing AG
Place of publication
Cham
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