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DOI	10.1038/s41598-024-54766-7
	Augmented human thermal discomfort in urban centers of the Arabian Peninsula
	Ullah, Safi; Aldossary, Abdullah; Ullah, Waheed; Al-Ghamdi, Sami G.
通讯作者	Al-Ghamdi, SG
来源期刊	SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
ISSN	2045-2322
出版年	2024
卷号	14 期号:1
英文摘要	Anthropogenic climate change has amplified human thermal discomfort in urban environments. Despite the considerable risks posed to public health, there is a lack of comprehensive research, evaluating the spatiotemporal changes in human thermal discomfort and its characteristics in hot-hyper arid regions, such as the Arabian Peninsula (AP). The current study analyzes spatiotemporal changes in human thermal discomfort categories and their characteristics in AP, using the newly developed high-resolution gridded ERA5-HEAT (Human thErmAl comforT) dataset for the period 1979-2022. In addition, the study assesses the interplay between the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) and El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) indices for the study period. The results reveal a significant increase in human thermal discomfort and its characteristics, with higher spatial variability in the AP region. The major urban centers in the southwestern, central, and southeastern parts of AP have experienced significant increases in human thermal discomfort (0.4-0.8 degrees C), with higher frequency and intensity of thermal stress during the study period. The temporal distribution demonstrates a linear increase in UTCI indices and their frequencies and intensities, particularly from 1998 onward, signifying a transition towards a hotter climate characterized by frequent, intense, and prolonged heat stress conditions. Moreover, the UTCI and ENSO indices exhibit a dipole pattern of correlation with a positive (negative) pattern in the southwestern (eastern parts) of AP. The study's findings suggest that policymakers and urban planners need to prioritize public health and well-being in AP's urban areas, especially for vulnerable groups, by implementing climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies, and carefully designing future cities to mitigate the effects of heat stress.
英文关键词	Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) ERA5-HEAT Thermal discomfort Urban centers Arabian Peninsula (AP)
类型	Article
语种	英语
开放获取类型	Green Published, gold
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:001174323600009
WOS关键词	HEAT-RELATED MORTALITY ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY ; STRESS MORTALITY ; TIBETAN PLATEAU ; AIR-TEMPERATURE ; MIDDLE-EAST ; MENA REGION ; EL-NINO ; UTCI
WOS类目	Multidisciplinary Sciences
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/405585
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Ullah, Safi,Aldossary, Abdullah,Ullah, Waheed,et al. Augmented human thermal discomfort in urban centers of the Arabian Peninsula[J],2024,14(1).
APA	Ullah, Safi,Aldossary, Abdullah,Ullah, Waheed,&Al-Ghamdi, Sami G..(2024).Augmented human thermal discomfort in urban centers of the Arabian Peninsula.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,14(1).
MLA	Ullah, Safi,et al."Augmented human thermal discomfort in urban centers of the Arabian Peninsula".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 14.1(2024).