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COST 730 - Towards a Universal Thermal Climate Index UTCI for Assessing the Thermal Environment of the Human Being
- Project Leader
- Weihs Philipp, Project Leader
- Duration:
- 20.01.2005-06.02.2009
- Programme:
- COST
- Type of Research
- Applied Research
- Project partners
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Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland.
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
German Weather Service, Frankfurterstr. 135, D-63067 Offenbach, Germany.
Function of the Project Partner: Partner -
National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Tzarigradsko Chaussee Bulvd. 66, 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria.
Function of the Project Partner: Partner
Further information: http://cost.cordis.lu/scr(action_detail.cfm?action=730
- Staff
- BOKU Research Units
- Institute of Meteorology and Climatology
- Abstract
- The main objective of the Action is to develop and make easily
available a physiologically relevant assessment model of the thermal
environment in order to significantly enhance applications related to
health and well-being. The core issues of human biometeorology range from
daily forecasts and warnings of extreme weather, to bioclimate mapping,
urban and regional planning, environmental epidemiology and climate
impacts research. This covers the fields of public weather service, the
public health system, and precautionary planning. The model to be
developed will be based on the-state-of-the-art in the cause-effect
related assessments of the out-door thermal environment.
The Universal Thermal Climate Index UTCI (working title) must meet
the following requirements:
Thermophysiological significance in the whole range of heat exchange
conditions of existing thermal environments Valid in all climates,
seasons, and scales Useful for key applications in human biometeorology
(see section A).
This will be supported through the following specific objectives:
- To identify and make recommendations on the data requirements for
running UTCI in the different applications.
- To develop application oriented parameterisation schemes for the
calculation of mean radiant temperature Tmrt based on different data
bases. - To increase the accessibility of state-of-the-art assessment
procedures and related information using a web portal and other
dissemination platforms. - To produce open and easy guidance and
recommendations for using UTCI within the various applications.
- Keywords
- climatology; bioclimatology; environmental medicine;
- Publications
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** Schreier, SF; Suomi, I; Bröde, P; Formayer, H; Rieder, HE; Nadeem, I; Jendritzky, G; Batchvarova, E; Weihs, P The uncertainty of UTCI due to uncertainties in the determination of radiation fluxes derived from numerical weather prediction and regional climate model simulations..
Int J Biometeorol. 2013; 57(2):207-223 WoS PubMed FullText FullText_BOKU -
** Weihs, P; Staiger, H; Tinz, B; Batchvarova, E; Rieder, H; Vuilleumier, L; Maturilli, M; Jendritzky, G; The uncertainty of UTCI due to uncertainties in the determination of radiation fluxes derived from measured and observed meteorological data..
Int J Biometeorol. 2012; 56(3):537-555 WoS PubMed FullText FullText_BOKU -
Gerd Jendritzky, Peter Bröde, Dusan Fiala, George Havenith, Philipp Weihs, Ekaterina Batchvarova, and Richard DeDear (2010): The Universal Thermal Climate Index UTCI.
In: Andreas Matzarakis, Helmut Mayer and Frank-M. Chmielewski , Proceedings of the 7th Conference on Biometeorology; ISSN ISSN 1435-618X
[7th Conference on Bioclimatology BIOMET7 2010, Freiburg, Germany, 12.04.2010 - 14.04.2010]
- Vorträge
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Weihs P. (2008): Current state of progress of work group 2 within the scope of the COST 730 action.
COST 730 meeting, 8.-10. September 2008, Eilat -
Weihs P. (2007): Summary of results of work group 2 of Action 730 .
EU action COST 730, 4.-6. October 2007 , El Escorial -
Weihs P. (2006): Current state of progress with WG 2 of SCOUT 730. [Oral Communication]
COST 730 meeting Ljublijana, 6.-7. September 2006, Ljublijana, Slowenien