Session 2 |
| | Human biometeorology: The heat |
| | Organizer: Scott Sheridan, Kent State Univ., Kent, OH
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| 10:30 AM | 2.1 | Medium Range Heat Health Forecasting 
Paul Becker, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Freiburg, Germany; and C. Koppe |
| 10:45 AM | 2.2 | Heat warnings: do people listen?
Scott Sheridan, Kent State Univ., Kent, OH |
| 11:00 AM | 2.3 | The feasibility of an evaporative cooler warning system for the U.S. Southwest
Laurence Kalkstein, Univ. of Delaware, Marco Island, FL; and A. J. Kalkstein |
| 11:15 AM | 2.4 | A comparison of biometeorological comfort indices and human mortality during heat waves in the United States. 
Robert E. Davis, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and D. Knight, D. Hondula, and P. C. Knappenberger |