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Displaying 15 of about 28 results… patients with certain health conditions from extreme heat. Thousands of community health centers and free clinics … patients with certain health conditions from extreme heat. Thousands of community health centers and free clinics …
… many structures through the spread of flames and radiant heat and the deposition of burning embers over a short period … produce a wider zone or band of flames. Fire intensity: heat energy released per unit time per unit length of part of … flame front, the linear rate of fire spread, and the net heat of combustion. Note 3 to entry: Fire intensity is …
… of heavy precipitation rates and large hail. Both heat and aerosols from wildfires play an important role. As … hail (≥2 in.) by 34% in the central United States. Both heat and aerosols from wildfires play an important role. By … large amounts of aerosol particles (6) and sensible heat (7). The former can affect storm intensity and weather …
… impacts are attributable to climate change. For instance, heat extremes have increased in likelihood and intensity … change (low) 2.Climatechangeandextremeweather impacts 2.1.Heat 2.1.1. Changes in extremes The most dramatic changes in … mortality associated with the 2010 Ahmedabad heat wave PLoS One 9 e91831 Azuma K, Ikeda K, Kagi N, Yanagi U, …
… flood 4. tropical cyclone 5. water scarcity 6. extreme heat 7. wildfire 8. earthquake 9. landslide 10. tsunami 11. … 38 Extreme Heat Hazard Levels (new in version 2) … for tsunami in Indonesia. Red zones show regions were wave height exceeds both elevation and the threshold on the …
… Shortly thereafter, the combination of a record-breaking heat wave, with intense seasonal (Diablo and Santa Ana) winds … to be more exposed to air quality risks. Increasing heat, changing rain and snow patterns, and other …
… intense, the region was experiencing a record-breaking heat wave.95 In Death Valley, a temperature of 54.4°C was recorded … ecostress-monitors-californias-record- breaking-heat-wave 96 https://climateactiontracker.org/countries/usa/ …
… experience. As a result, prolonged droughts, intense heat waves, destructive wildfires, exceptional rainfall and … European and International level, like prolonged droughts, heat waves in terms of increasing trends in frequency, … and shorter cold seasons [1]. Figure 1. Intensive heat wave over Europe recorded in summer 2021 [2] According to …
… or detect hotspots that are not obvious against background heat. This project has been an important step towards … for the diurnal characterisation of upwelling medium wave infrared radiation. Remote Sensing 2017;9(2):167. • … for the diurnal characterisation of upwelling medium wave infrared radiation. Remote Sensing 2017;9(2):167. 2 …
… the dry season of 2020, another long and destructive wave of wildfires swept through the area.14,15 Across Africa, … can occur naturally when three elements combine: Ignition heat from the sun or lightning strike to ignite a fire Fuel … from decades of fire suppression and extreme drought and heat exacerbated by climate change contribute to the surge in …
… and mortality occurred across two waves, with the first wave occurring in April and spread reasonably evenly across … Australia’s eight States and Territories, but the second wave (in July/August) being concentrated mainly in Victoria … COVID-19 period, however, and particularly after the first wave of infections and into the second wave of infections, …
… Fires research will continue over 2021-22 with a second wave of the survey and additional focus groups and … two parts: (a) A survey, which was conducted in 2020-21 (Wave 1) and will be conducted again in 2021-22 (Wave 2), including both paid and volunteer personnel in fire …
… amount of chlorophyll in leafy vegetation and the short-wave infrared reflectance (SWIR) band is suitable for the … can be achieved between the near-infrared and the short-wave infrared bands, and because of the unique combination of … of the pre/postfire trajectory of a pixel in the short-wave infrared reflectance–near infrared reflectance …
… reflectance differ- ence of near-infrared (NIR) and short-wave-infrared light (SWIR) divided by the sum of the two, the … (NIR) with a wavelength of 0.76–0.90 μm and the short-wave infrared (SWIR2) with a wavelength of 2.08–2.35 μm in …
… at the top of a plant that have been protected from the heat of fire by compact leaf bases [7,15,17]. These are … [16], or sufficient height to avoid exposure to intense heat [18]. Resprouting is stimulated when the vegetation … either in a habitat feature that provides protection from heat and flames or in an unburnt patch of forest, is the main …