Regional Climate Projections of Extreme Heat Events in Nine Pilot Canadian Communities for Public Health Planning
Casati, B., Yagouti, A., Chaumont, D. (2013), JAMC, vol. 52, 2669:2698
https://doi.org/10.1175/JAMC-D-12-0341.1
ABSTRACT: Public health planning needs the support of evidence-based information on current and future climate, which could be used by health professionals and decision makers to better understand and respond to the health impacts of extreme heat. Climate models provide information regarding the expected increase in temperatures and extreme heat events with climate change and can help predict the severity of future health impacts, which can be used in the public health sector for the development of adaptation strategies to reduce heat-related morbidity and mortality. This study analyzes the evolution of extreme temperature indices specifically defined to characterize heat events associated with health risks, in the context of a changing climate. The analysis is performed by using temperature projections from the Canadian Regional Climate Model.