Sentence examples for heatwave period from inspiring English sources

Heat wave, also called heatwave, period of prolonged abnormally high surface temperatures relative to those normally expected.

A particular focus was the August 2003 heatwave period.

However there was day-to-day variability in surface ozone concentrations during the heatwave period.

Elevated surface ozone concentrations during the 2003 heatwave period led to exceedences of the current UK air quality objective standards.

During this heatwave period, in Lisbon and Oporto excess mortalities of about 400 and 183 were reported respectively [ 21].

As discussed above, this heatwave period contributed to breaches of the current UK ozone air quality objective at this site and all population centres in this study.

This study investigates the potential applications of PCMs to be integrated into buildings to reduce heat stress risks during extreme heatwave periods through numerical simulations.

Dynamic thermal simulations have been undertaken to reveal the performance of, and factors that influence, the adoption of PCM to reduce heat stress during heatwave periods.

"Public health plans have implemented policies and interventions designed almost exclusively for heatwave periods," they wrote.

However, it had been hot and dry during the heatwave periods.

Mayner et al. [ 32] showed that during the two heatwave periods in Adelaide, South Australia, in 2009, the number of heat-related presentations to one ED increased 21 and 17 times versus comparable pre-heatwave periods.