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Setting Operational Thresholds for Heat Early Warning Systems

World Health Organization (WHO)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
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Defining heatwaves and heat alert systems for public health is complex and challenging. Should they be impact-based, and what information is needed to make them so? If this information is unavailable, are climatological approaches alone effective?

This masterclass addresses these questions and provides insight to some of the practical and operational considerations that both meteorological services and public health agencies may need to take when either developing or improving existing heat health thresholds for action.

Learning Objectives

  • To understand the reasons for setting an operational threshold
  • To understand methods for describing exposure-response relationships and population-based thresholds using epidemiological (e.g. daily mortality) and meteorological data
  • To understand how to work with NMS on indicators for warnings

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Hazards Heatwave
Themes Early warning
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