Session 7 Vulnerability, Risk, & Exposure: Applications in Heat Resilience II - Outdoor Urban Heat Exposure Modeling & Messaging

Tuesday, 30 January 2024: 1:45 PM-3:00 PM
344 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 15th Conference on Environment and Health
Cochairs:
Hunter Jones and Jennifer Vanos, Arizona State Univ., School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, Tempe, AZ

As extreme heat episodes become longer, more frequent, and more intense worldwide due to climate change and urban growth, research applications that characterize risks of adverse impacts to human health and related/indirect compounding issues affecting health such as critical infrastructure failure and the economic impacts can help to identify vulnerable populations and target appropriate heat interventions. We invite abstracts that examine extreme heat risks from distinct approaches, including temperature forecasting, occupational health, sports medicine, exposure assessment, and urban planning.

Papers:
1:45 PM
7.1
SPHERE: A Synthetic Population-Based Heat Exposure Estimation Platform
Sami Saliba, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and H. S. Mortveit, M. Jagger, R. Calder, B. F. Zaitchik, J. M. Gohlke, and S. Swarup

2:00 PM
7.2
Urban Microscale Weather Modeling for Climate Change and Advancing Urbanization Resiliency and Sustainability
Brian Pettegrew, The MITRE Corportation, Parkville, MO; and M. Robinson, W. Bauman III, L. Hobbs, V. Klimenko, K. J. Weber, K. A. Tran, P. E. Bieringer, C. Floerchinger, and S. Runyon

2:15 PM
7.3
Hyperlocal Evaluation Toolkit for Resiliency (HEATRACE): A Coupled Land-Atmosphere Digital-Twin for Forecasting Hyperlocal Urban Heat Stress
Cody Floerchinger, Aeris LLC, Louisville, CO; and B. Pettegrew, L. Hobbs, P. E. Bieringer, and M. Robinson

2:30 PM
7.4
Contextualizing the Human Health Impact of Extreme Temperature Events Using Intensity-Duration-Frequency Curves
Gregory E. Tierney, EPA, Research Triangle Park, NC; and M. S. Mallard, T. Spero, G. Gray, A. M. Jalowska, and J. H. Bowden

2:45 PM
7.5
Measures and Effective Messaging of Heat Risk for Adolescent Athletics
Richarde Graham II, NOAA, Edgewood, MD; North Carolina A&T State Univ., Greensboro, NC; and S. Nelson, D. Lusk, A. J. Grundstein, and E. Cooper

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