Verifying Experimental Wet Bulb Globe Temperature Hindcasts Across the United States.

ABSTRACT: Hot and humid heat exposures challenge the health of outdoor workers engaged in occupations such as construction, agriculture, first response, manufacturing, military, or resource extraction. Therefore, government institutes developed guidelines to prevent heat-related illnesses and death during high heat exposures. The guidelines use Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT), which integrates temperature, humidity, solar radiation, and wind speed. However, occupational heat exposure guidelines cannot be readily applied to outdoor work places due to limited WBGT validation studies. In recent years, institutions have started providing experimental WBGT forecasts. These experimental products are continually being refined and have been minimally validated with ground-based observations. This study ev

SUBMITTER: Ahn Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8975719 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature