Dataset
To provide a global dataset of extreme urban heat events and urban heat exposure.
The WBGTmax thresholds follow the International Standards Organization (ISO) criteria for risk of occupational heat related heat illness, whereas the HImax thresholds follow the U.S. National Weather Services' definition for an excessive heat warning.
This dataset entails urban land, population density, humidity threshhold, temperature, heat index, extreme heat events, urban population exposured, occupational heat, heat illness, duration, intensity, and severity of each urban extreme heat event.
Computer modelling