Session: Heat and Human Health (91st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

Tuesday, 25 January 2011: 3:30 PM-5:45 PM

4C-2 (Washington State Convention Center)

Host: Second Symposium on Environment and Health

Chair:

Glenn Russell McGregor, Univ. of Auckland, School of Environment, Auckland

Papers:

3:30 PM

5.1

The development of Accumulated Heat Stress Index (AHSI) based on the time-weighted function

Hi-Ryong Byun, Pukyong National University, Busan, Korea, Republic of (South); and J. S. Lee and S. M. Lee

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (8.7 kB)

3:45 PM

5.2

Assessing regional characteristics of heat waves in the US

Bradfield Lyon, International Research Institute for Climate and Society, Palisades, NY

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

5.3

Hyperthermia deaths in football players: a retrospective analysis of meteorological, temporal and demographic risk factors

Myron Thomas Petro, University Of Georgia, Athens, GA; and A. J. Grundstein, C. Ramseyer, F. Zhao, J. L. Pesses, P. Akers, A. Qureshi, L. Becker, and J. A. Knox

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

5.4

Heat-related morbidity in North Carolina: Who's at risk?

Christopher M. Fuhrmann, NOAA's Southeast Regional Climate Center, Chapel Hill, NC; and M. Kovach, C. E. Konrad, D. J. Perkins, and D. B. Richardson

Recorded Presentation