The potential benefits of location-specific biometeorological indexes

doi:10.1007/s00484-017-1343-z

	The potential benefits of location-specific biometeorological indexes
	Wong, Ho Ting 1,2,3; Wang, Jinfeng 1,2; Yin, Qian 1,2; Chen, Si 4; Lai, Poh Chin 4
刊名	INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY
	2017-09-01
卷号	61 期号:9 页码:1695-1698
关键词	Ambulance Biometeorological index Health Weather
ISSN号	0020-7128
DOI	10.1007/s00484-017-1343-z
通讯作者	Wong, Ho Ting(frankwong@connect.hku.hk) ; Wang, Jinfeng(wangjf@lreis.ac.cn) ; Lai, Poh Chin(pclai@hku.hk)
英文摘要	It is becoming popular to use biometeorological indexes to study the effects of weather on human health. Most of the biometeorological indexes were developed decades ago and only applicable to certain locations because of different climate types. Merely using standard biometeorological indexes to replace typical weather factors in biometeorological studies of different locations may not be an ideal research direction. This research is aimed at assessing the difference of statistical power between using standard biometeorological indexes and typical weather factors on describing the effects of extreme weather conditions on daily ambulance demands in Hong Kong. Results showed that net effective temperature and apparent temperature did not perform better than typical weather factors in describing daily ambulance demands in this study. The maximum adj-R (2) improvement was only 0.08, whereas the maximum adj-R (2) deterioration was 0.07. In this study, biometeorological indexes did not perform better than typical weather factors, possibly due to the differences of built environments and lifestyles in different locations and eras. Regarding built environments, the original parameters for calculating the index values may not be applicable to Hong Kong as buildings in Hong Kong are extremely dense and most are equipped with air conditioners. Regarding lifestyles, the parameters, which were set decades ago, may be outdated and not suitable to modern lifestyles as using hand-held electrical fans on the street to help reduce heat stress are popular. Hence, it is ideal to have tailor-made updated location-specific biometeorological indexes to study the effects of weather on human health.
WOS关键词	HONG-KONG ; APPARENT TEMPERATURE ; WEATHER
WOS研究方向	Biophysics ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences ; Physiology
语种	英语
出版者	SPRINGER
WOS记录号	WOS:000410745700019
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.igsnrr.ac.cn/handle/311030/61963]
专题	中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所
通讯作者	Wong, Ho Ting; Wang, Jinfeng; Lai, Poh Chin
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Geog Sci & Nat Resource Res, State Key Lab Resources & Environm Informat Syst, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Natl Taiwan Univ, Dept Geog, Taipei, Taiwan 4.Univ Hong Kong, Dept Geog, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Wong, Ho Ting,Wang, Jinfeng,Yin, Qian,et al. The potential benefits of location-specific biometeorological indexes[J]. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY,2017,61(9):1695-1698.
APA	Wong, Ho Ting,Wang, Jinfeng,Yin, Qian,Chen, Si,&Lai, Poh Chin.(2017).The potential benefits of location-specific biometeorological indexes.INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY,61(9),1695-1698.
MLA	Wong, Ho Ting,et al."The potential benefits of location-specific biometeorological indexes".INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY 61.9(2017):1695-1698.