The Excess Heat Factor: A Metric for Heatwave Intensity and Its Use in Classifying Heatwave Severity
Heatwaves represent a significant natural hazard in Australia, arguably more hazardous to human life than bushfires, tropical cyclones and floods. In the 2008/2009 summer, for example, many more lives were lost to heatwaves than to that summer’s bushfires which were among the worst in the history of...
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| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2014-12-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health |
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| Online Access: | http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/12/1/227 |