Closed charliepascoe closed 3 years ago
From the ETC Tech Paper: 8.‘Heatwave days based on apparent temperature’ is a high-priority index with relevance for human health. It is the only heatwave index combining temperature and humidity for which data on past trends as well as projections is readily available. The implementation of this index in the C3S dataset on heat waves and cold spells (Euroheat definition) considers daily maximum and minimum temperatures over the summer season above a percentile-based threshold.
Collecting my thoughts in this google doc https://docs.google.com/document/d/1pVWs-gj16d6wQ1QvO9W24VvMdJJXCDaUB7k3bqhUGpQ/edit?usp=sharing
@sharppaul I am working on text for the heatwave indicators today. I hope to have it completed by 2pm.
I've added two new heatwave indices to the spreadsheet: C3S_434_016 and C3S_434_017. @sharppaul These will superceede the previous heatwave index: C3S_434_006. @jhaigh0 Can you push through this update to the json.
@sharppaul The new heatwave indices are now in the json and markdown on github. (I also corrected the rogue "supporting info" header and a few other grammar issues).
The heat wave indicator has 2 definitions (health and climate). These should be separated into 2 separate indicators and given names that reflect the information in the ETC tech paper.