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Future Changes in Human-Biometeorological Index Classes in Three Regions of Luxembourg, Western-Central Europe
Joint Authors
Lokys, Hanna Leona
Junk, Jürgen
Krein, Andreas
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-05-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Projected climate change will cause increasing air temperatures affecting human thermal comfort.
In the highly populated areas of Western-Central Europe a large population will be exposed to these changes.
In particular Luxembourg—with its dense population and the large cross-border commuter flows—is vulnerable to changing thermal stress.
Based on climate change projections we assessed the impact of climate change on human thermal comfort over the next century using two common human-biometeorological indices, the Physiological Equivalent Temperature and the Universal Thermal Climate Index.
To account for uncertainties, we used a multimodel ensemble of 12 transient simulations (1971–2098) with a spatial resolution of 25 km.
In addition, the regional differences were analysed by a single regional climate model run with a spatial resolution of 1.3 km.
For the future, trends in air temperature, vapour pressure, and both human-biometeorological indices could be determined.
Cold stress levels will decrease significantly in the near future up to 2050, while the increase in heat stress turns statistically significant in the far future up to 2100.
This results in a temporarily reduced overall thermal stress level but further increasing air temperatures will shift the thermal comfort towards heat stress.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Lokys, Hanna Leona& Junk, Jürgen& Krein, Andreas. 2015. Future Changes in Human-Biometeorological Index Classes in Three Regions of Luxembourg, Western-Central Europe. Advances in Meteorology،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1052701
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Lokys, Hanna Leona…[et al.]. Future Changes in Human-Biometeorological Index Classes in Three Regions of Luxembourg, Western-Central Europe. Advances in Meteorology No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1052701
American Medical Association (AMA)
Lokys, Hanna Leona& Junk, Jürgen& Krein, Andreas. Future Changes in Human-Biometeorological Index Classes in Three Regions of Luxembourg, Western-Central Europe. Advances in Meteorology. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1052701
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1052701