Naslov
Heat wave alarm in human health prevention

Autori
Srnec, Lidija ; Magjarević, Vjeran ; Güttler, Ivan ; Renko, Tanja

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
International Congress of Biometeorology 2021 / - : International Congress of Biometeorology 2021, 2021, 1-1

Skup
1st virtual and 22nd International Congress of Biometeorology Connecting our World: Biometeorology (ICB 2021 )

Mjesto i datum
Online, 21.09.2021. - 22.09.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Poster

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
heat wave ; health prevention

Sažetak
Introduction: According to current knowledge and WHO statement heat and hot weather that can last for several days (so called heatwaves) can significantly influence human health. One of the consequences, especially at the time of global warming and even more frequent weather extremes, could be a rise in heat-related deaths. To protect vulnerable people, working group for heat health protection has been established under Ministry of health. According to the Protocol that is part of the Action Plan, Croatian Meteorological and Hydrological Service (DHMZ) is issuing warnings regarding different levels of heat threat. Design and methods: In Croatia, heat warnings are currently being issued for eight different areas. Considered areas are defined to cover all climate characteristics, but also conditions of available mortality data sets were used to define moderate, high, and very high heat risk. Croatia is a small but geographically quite diverse country, so there was a need and interest in defining criteria for issuing warnings on more detailed spatial scale. Mortality data are not available on the same spatial scale and all needed areas. To overcome that problem, DHMZ is working on introducing the new system of heat alarm based on different thresholds for extreme temperatures. Results: In this presentation, the new system of heat alarm will be introduced but also compared with the current one. The validation of the new system is very important to continue the already established protocol for heat health protection that has been already implemented for more than ten years.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Geofizika

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