GH23C:
Improving Heat Stress–Related Health Outcomes Through Adaptation and Mitigation: Advances in Modeling Heat Stress Hazards, Exposure, and Vulnerability Posters


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Session ID#: 52243

Session Description:
Increases in extreme heat are some of the most robust changes projected by climate models. The need for additional research on associated health risks is well-recognized, as exemplified by the incorporation of additional heat stress-related variables in CMIP6. At the same time, demographic changes are likely to alter how populations are exposed and vulnerable to increased heat stress. This session will bring together advances in modeling heat stress hazards, exposure, and vulnerability. Heat stress researchers from these arenas can discuss their data needs, how heat stress is incorporated into climate projections, and where improvements might lead to more readily usable information for practitioners and ultimately better health outcomes. This session will provide an opportunity for researchers like epidemiologists and climate modelers to exchange ideas on how to refine approaches that capture the adverse health impacts that might be avoided through mitigation, and identify adaptation gaps to be addressed by decision-makers.
Primary Convener:  Rachel Licker, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States
Conveners:  Meredith K Jennings, Houston Advanced Research Center, Houston, TX, United States, Kristina Dahl, Climate Central, Princeton, NJ, United States and Juan Declet-Barreto, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States
Primary Liaison:  Rachel Licker, Union of Concerned Scientists Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States
Chairs:  Rachel Licker, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States and Meredith K Jennings, Houston Advanced Research Center, Houston, TX, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Kristina Dahl, Climate Central, Princeton, NJ, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • PA - Public Affairs
  • SI - Societal Impacts and Policy Sciences
Index Terms:

0230 Impacts of climate change: human health [GEOHEALTH]
1626 Global climate models [GLOBAL CHANGE]
1630 Impacts of global change [GLOBAL CHANGE]
6309 Decision making under uncertainty [POLICY SCIENCES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Changes in the US heat wave prevalence since 1948, its sensitivity to the climate base period, and implications for future public health impacts. (361635)
Evan Oswald, NOAA College Park, College Park, MD, United States
Heat Stress due to Global Warming in South Korea projected by RCMs (367543)
Joong-Bae Ahn1, Young Hyun Kim2, Ga Yeong Seo3, Eun-Soon Im4, Yeon-Woo Choi5 and Se-Ra Jo3, (1)Pusan National University, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Busan, Korea, Republic of (South), (2)Pusan National University, Busan, Korea, Republic of (South), (3)Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea, (4)Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong kong, Hong Kong, (5)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cambridge, MA, United States
An Evaluation of Mean Radiant Temperature Estimations in an Arid Urban Climate (375383)
Peter J Crank, Arizona State University, Urban Climate Research Center, Tempe, AZ, United States, Melissa Wagner, Arizona State University, School of Geographical Science and Urban Planning, Tempe, AZ, United States, Ariane Middel, Arizona State University, Arts, Media, and Engineering (AME), Tempe, AZ, United States; Arizona State University, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering (CIDSE), Tempe, AZ, United States, Anthony Brazel, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, Dani Hoots, Arizona State University, Tempe, United States and Martin Smith, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, School of Architecture, Minneapolis, AZ, United States
Heat exposure of U.S. agricultural workers in a warming climate (381167)
Michelle Tigchelaar, University of Washington, Atmospheric Sciences, Seattle, WA, United States and David S Battisti, University of Washington, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Seattle, WA, United States
The Influence of Spatial Resolution of Temperature Estimates on Predicting Personal Exposure and Adverse Health Outcomes Associated with Heat Waves (382955)
Connor Wu1, Anna Scott2, Molly B Richardson3, Pranavi Ghugare4, Samarth Swarup5, Ben M Zaitchik2 and Julia Gohlke6, (1)Troy University, Social Sciences- Geography, Troy, AL, United States, (2)Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, (3)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (4)Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, United States, (5)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Biocomplexity Institute, Blacksburg, VA, United States, (6)Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Population Health Sciences, Blacksburg, United States
Health effect of Heatwaves and Hot Nights: Evidence from Japanese Archipelago (389042)
Satbyul Estella Estella Kim1, Yasushi Honda2, Antonio Gasparrini3, Ana Vicedo-Cabrera3, Masahiro Hashizume4, Yasuaki Hijioka5 and Ben Armstrong3, (1)National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Tsukuba, Japan, (2)University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan, (3)London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, (4)Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan, (5)National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES), Center for Climate Change Adaptation, Tsukuba, Japan
Community-centric individual level approach for Analyzing and Mitigating Urban Heat Hazards (427683)
Yanzhe Yin1, Andrew Grundstein1, Deepak R Mishra2 and Navid Hashemi Tonekaboni3, (1)University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States, (2)University of Georgia, Center for Geospatial Research, Department of Geography, Athens, United States, (3)NASA DEVELOP Program - GA, Athens, GA, United States
Labor loss from extreme temperatures in US from historical and future climate changes (437822)
Yuqiang Zhang, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States and Drew T Shindell, Duke University, Nicholas School of the Environment, Durham, United States
Heat-stress Vulnerability in India under a Warming Climate Rohit Kumar Choudhary, Sagnik Dey, Sushil Kumar Dash Centre for Atmospheric Sciences Indian Institute of Technology DelhiHauz Khas, New Delhi, India (442853)
Rohit Choudhary, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, New Delhi, India
Estimating Occupational Heat Exposure from Personal Sampling of Public Works Employees in Birmingham, Alabama (448916)
Suwei Wang, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Population Health Sciences; Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Molly B Richardson, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, United States, Connor Wu, Troy University, Social Sciences- Geography, Troy, AL, United States, Carly D Cholewa, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, United States, Claudiu T Lungu, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Environmental Health Sciences, Birmingham, AL, United States, Benjamin F Zaitchik, Johns Hopkins University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Baltimore, MD, United States and Julia Gohlke, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Population Health Sciences, Blacksburg, United States
The Impact of Extreme Heat on Emergency Services and Spatiotemporal Crime Reports in Boston, MA (456536)
Augusta Williams1, Jonathan Buonocore2 and Jack Spengler2, (1)Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States, (2)Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Center for Health and the Global Environment, Boston, MA, United States

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