Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI)
A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Biometeorology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 480
Special Issue Editors
Interests: heatwaves; biometeorology; extreme weather and climate events; climatology
Interests: biometeorology; urban climate; mountain climate; climate changes
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Contemporary climate change is placing stress on humans, mainly through increased temperatures and changes in meteorological elements related to the heat balance of the human body. To describe the combined influence of atmospheric variables on living organisms, a range of methods and tools have been developed. One of the most popular is the Universal Thermal Climate Index, or UTCI, which was created in 2009 and is based on the multi-node Fiala model of human heat transfer. It describes the physiological comfort of the human body under specific meteorological conditions such as air temperature, humidity, wind speed, and solar radiation. Since its creation, the UTCI has been used in studies related to biometeorology, urban meteorology, tourism and recreation, sport science, and human health sciences. We invite you to submit a paper to this Special Issue on the UTCI. Submissions are encouraged across a wide range of topics including but not limited to the application of the UTCI in specific environments (e.g., arid, humid, urban, rural), long-term changes and trends, the verification of heat stress, the comparison of UTCI with other biometeorological indices, and methodological approaches and improvements are encouraged
Dr. Agnieszka Krzyżewska
Dr. Sylwester Wereski
Dr. Chris Fuhrmann
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- UTCI
- biometeorology
- heat stress/strain
- human health and well-being
- thermal comfort
- extreme thermal weather events (i.e., heat waves, cold spells)
- adaptation
- urban meteorology
- tourism
