Heat Stress Index

• Definition
• Climatology
• Data Characteristics
• Datasets and Documentation
• References

References

• Changnon, S.A., K.E. Kunkel and B.C. Reinke, 1996: Impacts and responses to the 1995 heat wave: A call to action. Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc., 77, 1497-1506.
• Gaffen, D.J., and R.J. Ross, 1998: Increased Summertime Heat Stress in the U.S. Nature, 396, 529-530.
• Gaffen, D.J., and R.J. Ross, 1999: Climatology and Trends of U.S. Surface Humidity and Temperature. J. Climate, 12, 811-828.
• Kalkstein, L.S., and R.E. Davis, 1989: Weather and human mortality: An evaluation of demographic and inter-regional responses in the U.S. ann. Assoc. Am. Geogr., 79, 44-64.
• NREL, 1992: User's Manual - National Solar Radiation Data Base (1961 - 1990), Version 1.0. NSRDB Vol. 1, 93pp.
• Steadman, R.G., 1984: A universal scale of apparent temperature. J. Climate Appl. Meteor., 23, 1674-1282.
• National Weather Service Heatwave information web page.