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Air Pollution Sources, Statistics, and Health Effects: Introduction Read chapter Read first chapter

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Measuring Heatwaves and Their Impacts

Authors : Benjamin Disher, Brandon Edwards, Thomas Lawler, Douglas Radford

Published in: Air Pollution Sources, Statistics and Health Effects

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Exposure
The probability of being impacted by a hazard of a given magnitude.
External Drivers
Factors which influence the vulnerability, hazard, and/or exposure components of risk.
Hazard
The event (here, heatwave) causing risk to a system or component with a given magnitude.
Indices
Quantitative metrics based on atmospheric parameters and other measurements used to measure the severity of heatwave events.
Return Period
The average period expected between a defined magnitude event.
Vulnerability
The relationship between a hazard’s magnitude and the relative damage experienced by the component or system of interest.
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Metadata
Title
Measuring Heatwaves and Their Impacts
Authors
Benjamin Disher
Brandon Edwards
Thomas Lawler
Douglas Radford
Copyright Year
2021
Publisher
Springer US
Book
Air Pollution Sources, Statistics and Health Effects

Print ISBN: 978-1-0716-0595-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-1-0716-0596-7

Copyright Year: 2021

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-0596-7_1102