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... > Environment and Public Health > Environment > Environment, Controlled > Temperature > Hot Temperature > Extreme Heat
... > Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Environment, Controlled > Temperature > Hot Temperature > Extreme Heat
Physical Phenomena > Thermodynamics > Temperature > Hot Temperature > Extreme Heat
... > Environment and Public Health > Environment > Meteorological Concepts > Atmosphere > Weather > Temperature > Hot Temperature > Extreme Heat
... > Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Meteorological Concepts > Atmosphere > Weather > Temperature > Hot Temperature > Extreme Heat
... > Environment and Public Health > Environment > Meteorological Concepts > Atmosphere > Weather > Extreme Weather > Extreme Heat
... > Biological Phenomena > Ecological and Environmental Phenomena > Environment > Meteorological Concepts > Atmosphere > Weather > Extreme Weather > Extreme Heat

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Extreme Heat  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Extreme Hot Weather
  • Hot Weather, Extreme

Scope note

  • High temperature weather exceeding the average and of several days' duration. Extreme heat is a dangerous situation that can bring on health emergencies in susceptible people.

History note

  • 2009

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D055874

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