Evaluation of the environmental stress index (ESI) for the southern hemisphere

Daniel S. Moran; Kent B. Pandolf; Antonios Vitalis; Yuval Heled; Richard Parker; Richard R. Gonzalez

doi:10.1016/j.jtherbio.2004.08.025

Evaluation of the environmental stress index (ESI) for the southern hemisphere

Daniel S. Moran, Kent B. Pandolf, Antonios Vitalis, Yuval Heled, Richard Parker, Richard R. Gonzalez

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The environmental stress index (ESI), constructed from ambient temperature, relative humidity, and solar radiation, was further evaluated from databases collected in Israel and New Zealand. High correlations were found between ESI and WBGT (R2=0.959 and R2=0.973 for Israel and New Zealand, respectively). However, for the New Zealand database, residuals were not distributed symmetrically around the zero line, which might be due to the difference in the global radiation spectrum. The ultraviolet radiation measurements were significantly higher in New Zealand than in Israel. As a consequence, a correction factor might be needed for ESI to be used in the southern hemisphere.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	535-538
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Thermal Biology
Volume	29
Issue number	7-8 SPEC. ISS.
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtherbio.2004.08.025
State	Published - Oct 2004
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Ambient temperature
Heat
Heat load
Solar radiation
UV radiation

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