Spatiotemporal changes in Universal Thermal Climate Index in the Middle East and North Africa

• Main Authors: Hamed, Mohammed Magdy, Kyaw, Aung Kyaw, Nashwan, Mohamed Salem, Shahid, Shamsuddin
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2023
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/105414/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2023.107008
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

A fast temperature rise has made the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region a global hotspot of extreme heat events. Previous studies conducted in the region to evaluate extreme heat based on temperature were inadequate for assessing heat based on human thermal impacts. The present study employe...