Heat waves in Madrid 1986–1997: effects on the health of the elderly

J Díaz, A Jordán, R García, C López, J Alberdi… - International archives of …, 2002 - Springer
Objective: The objective of this paper is to analyse and quantify the effects exerted on
summer mortality by extremes of heat, particularly among persons aged 65–74 and 75 years …

Temporal and spatial temperature variability and change over Spain during 1850–2005

M Brunet, PD Jones, J Sigró, Ó Saladié… - Journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
We analyze temporal and spatial patterns of temperature change over Spain during the
period 1850–2005, using daily maximum (Tmax), minimum (Tmin), and mean (Tmean) …

Effects of extremely hot days on people older than 65 years in Seville (Spain) from 1986 to 1997

J Díaz, R Garcia, F Velázquez de Castro… - International Journal of …, 2002 - Springer
The effects of heat waves on the population have been described by different authors and a
consistent relationship between mortality and temperature has been found, especially in …

Extreme summer temperatures in Iberia: health impacts and associated synoptic conditions

R García-Herrera, J Díaz, RM Trigo… - Annales …, 2005 - angeo.copernicus.org
This paper examines the effect of extreme summer temperatures on daily mortality in two
large cities of Iberia: Lisbon (Portugal) and Madrid (Spain). Daily mortality and …

Extreme weather and air pollution effects on cardiovascular and respiratory hospital admissions in Cyprus

H Tsangari, AK Paschalidou, AP Kassomenos… - Science of the Total …, 2016 - Elsevier
In many regions of the world, climatic change is associated with increased extreme
temperatures, which can have severe effects on mortality and morbidity. In this study, we …

Heat waves and human well-being in Madrid (Spain)

D Rasilla, F Allende, A Martilli, F Fernández - Atmosphere, 2019 - mdpi.com
Heat waves pose additional risks to urban spaces because of the additional heat provided
by urban heat islands (UHIs) as well as poorer air quality. Our study focuses on the analysis …

Air pollution during the 2003 European heat wave as seen by MOZAIC airliners

M Tressol, C Ordonez, R Zbinden… - Atmospheric …, 2008 - acp.copernicus.org
This study presents an analysis of both MOZAIC profiles above Frankfurt and Lagrangian
dispersion model simulations for the 2003 European heat wave. The comparison of MOZAIC …

Influence of local factors in the relationship between mortality and heat waves: Castile-La Mancha (1975–2003)

JC Montero, IJ Mirón, JJ Criado-Álvarez… - Science of the Total …, 2012 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: All the climate-change studies undertaken to date agree that one of the
principal consequences of this phenomenon is the increase in heat waves, which, without …

Impact of heat and cold waves on circulatory-cause and respiratory-cause mortality in Spain: 1975–2008

C Linares, J Diaz, A Tobías, R Carmona… - … research and risk …, 2015 - Springer
Few studies have analysed the impact of heat and cold waves on mortality in a given
population over the same time period and still fewer studies have analysed this impact in …

Applied Climatology:'heat waves'

C Souch, CSB Grimmond - Progress in Physical Geography, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
Weather and climate impact many human activities. Thus, climate data and information are
used extensively in a broad range of social, economic and environmental applications …