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Title:

Long-term analysis of thermal comfort conditions during heat waves in Ukraine

Subtitle:

Geographia Polonica Vol. 95 No. 1 (2022)

Creator:

Shevchenko, Olga : Autor Affiliation ORCID ; Snizhko, Sergiy : Autor Affiliation ORCID ; Zapototskyi, Sergii : Autor Affiliation ORCID ; Svintsitska, Hanna : Autor Affiliation ; Matviienko, Mariia : Autor Affiliation ORCID ; Matzarakis, Andreas : Autor Affiliation Affiliation ORCID

Publisher:

IGiPZ PAN

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2022

Description:

24 cm

Subject and Keywords:

heat waves ; human thermal comfort conditions ; heat stress ; physiologically equivalent temperature ; Ukraine

Abstract:

The aim of this study is assessment of thermal comfort conditions during heat waves in Ukraine in the years 1961-2015. The assessment is based on the thermal index Physiologically Equivalent Temperature. This study uses data from 29 meteorological stations across Ukraine. The research showed an increasing frequency of occurrence of heat waves (HWs) in the territory of Ukraine in the last decades. East and south Ukraine (except of coastal stations) experienced the most strenuous human-biometeorological conditions whilst HWs were recorded in the country. Lower mean PET values were found in Western region of the country. The obtained results suggest that the HW event of 2010 was the longest and the most strenuous HW in human-biometeorological terms since 1961.

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Geographia Polonica

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95

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70

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doi:10.7163/GPol.0226 ; 0016-7282 (print) ; 2300-7362 (online) ; 10.7163/GPol.0226

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