Spatiotemporal changes in population exposure to heat stress in South Asia

• Main Authors: Kyaw, Aung Kyaw, Hamed, Mohammed Magdy, Mohammad Kamruzzaman, Mohammad Kamruzzaman, Shahid, Shamsuddin
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2023
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/107379/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2023.104544
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Rising temperatures and alteration of other meteorological parameters in the Indian monsoon region have exposed billions of populations in densely populated South Asia to extreme heat. This study employed high-resolution ERA5 reanalysis data for assessing spatiotemporal changes in outdoor WBGT over...