The association between climate change and the frequency and intensity of extreme heat
events is now well established. General circulation models of climate change predict that …

Objective: We evaluated temperature-related morbidity and mortality for the 2007 US
national assessment on impacts of climate change and variability on human health …

China has experienced rapid urbanization and dramatic economic growth since its reform
process started in late 1978. In this article, we present evidence for a significant urbanization …

Downscaling of climate model data is essential to local and regional impact analysis. We
compare two methods of statistical downscaling to produce continuous, gridded time series …

The purpose of this paper is to identify research needs for all aspects of the research-to-
decision making pathway that will help us understand and mitigate the health effects of …

In short, the above discussion clearly identified the importance of LULCC in the climate
system. It has also been established in the literature that biases, inaccuracies, and …

Anomalies in monthly mean surface air temperature from the 45‐Year European Centre for
Medium‐Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) Re‐Analysis (ERA‐40) and the first National …

Global surface temperature trends, based on land and marine data, show warming of about
0.8° C over the last 100 years. This rate of warming is sometimes questioned because of the …

Global climate change is projected to increase the frequency and duration of periods of
extremely high temperatures. Both the general populace and public health authorities often …

Abstract The Three Gorges Project, the largest hydroelectric project in the world, has
attracted widespread attention regarding its impact on regional climate. However, existing …