A high-spatial-resolution dataset of human thermal stress indices over South and East Asia

• Published in: Scientific data Vol. 8; no. 1; pp. 229 - 14
• Main Authors: Yan, Yechao, Xu, Yangyang, Yue, Shuping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.09.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 704/106/35; 704/106/694/2739; Asia; Asia, Eastern; Computer applications; Data Descriptor; Heat-Shock Response; Hot Temperature; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; multidisciplinary; Public health; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Spatial Analysis; Surface water; Temperature effects; Tourism; Asia, Eastern; Asia; East Asia

Thermal stress poses a major public health threat in a warming world, especially to disadvantaged communities. At the population group level, human thermal stress is heavily affected by landscape heterogeneities such as terrain, surface water, and vegetation. High-spatial-resolution thermal-stress i...