An evaluation of summer discomfort in Nis (Serbia) using Humidex

Lukić, Milica; Pecelj, Milica; Protić, Branko; Filipović, Dragana

doi:10.2298/ijgi1902109l

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“…While studying the characteristics of the heat waves in central Serbia , Unkašević and Tošić (2011) detected an increase in heat wave duration in addition to an increase in heat wave frequency of occurrence during the period from 1999 to 2007. Moreover, based on the HWDI, heat waves at Novi Sad show a trend of increasing tropical days (t max ≥ 30.0 • C) from 1960 to 2010, indicating the years 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2009(Malinović-Milićević, 2013.…”

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“…The period under observation could be longer for the purposes of keeping track of the trend of extremes. This shortcoming was attenuated by referencing a more detailed review of previous studies on the trend of maximum temperatures in Serbia reported by Unkašević and Tošić (2009a, 2011, Drljača et al (2009), Malinović-Milićević (2013), andMalinović-Milićević et al (2016). Furthermore, complete hourly weather data are missing, and therefore they are not sufficient for a more detailed analysis of UTCI values, which might be used for healthcare purposes.…”

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“…Considering the fact that extreme temperature is one of the most significant climatic parameters in the universal context of climate change, analyses of heat waves in Serbia have been performed using several different approaches, and all of them show a growing trend in maximum temperature (Drljača et al, 2009;Tošić, 2009a, b, 2013) and heat waves Tošić, 2011, 2015;Malinović-Milićević, 2013;Malinović-Milićević et al, 2016), especially since 2000.…”

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Analysis of the Universal Thermal Climate Index during heat waves in Serbia

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Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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Abstract. The objective of this paper is to assess the bioclimatic conditions in Serbia during summer in order to identify biothermal heat hazard. Special emphasis is placed on the bioclimatic index UTCI (Universal Thermal Climate Index), whose purpose is to evaluate the degree of thermal stress that the human body is exposed to. For this research, mean daily and hourly (07:00 and 14:00 CET) meteorological data from three weather stations (Zlatibor, Novi Sad and Niš) have been collected for the period from 1998 to 2017. In order to identify patterns of biothermal heat stress conditions, the thresholds of the daily UTCI (UTCI ≥38 ∘C, referred to as very strong heat stress, VSHS) at 14:00 CET are compared with the thresholds of daily maximum air temperature (tmax⁡≥35 ∘C, referred to as hot days, HDs), which are further termed as heat wave events (HWEs). The findings show that the UTCI heat stress category “very strong heat stress“ at 14:00 CET indicates heat waves. The most extreme heat wave events occurred in 2007, 2012, 2015 and 2017. Moreover, three HWEs at Niš that occurred in July 2007 lasted 3, 10 and 4 d. HWEs and very strong heat stress events (VSHSEs) recorded in July 2007 (lasted 10 d each), 2012 (lasted 9 and 12 d) and 2015 (lasted 7 and 10 d) were of the longest duration and are considered to be the indicators of biothermal heat hazard. The daily UTCI14 h heat stress becomes more extreme in terms of severity and heat wave duration up to very strong heat stress.

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Analysis of the Universal Thermal Climate Index during heat waves in Serbia

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“…Novi Sad, Niš, Belgrade, Leskovac -Milicevic et al, 2013;Unkašević & Tošić, 2013, 2015Savić et al, 2014Savić et al, , 2018Stanojević et al, 2014a;2014b;Šećerov et al, 2015;Bajšanski et al, 2015;Milošević et al, 2015aMilošević et al, , 2015bMilošević et al, , 2016Milošević et al, , 2017aMilošević et al, , 2017bDjukic et al, 2016;Anđelković et al, 2016;Basarin et al, 2016Basarin et al, , 2018Bogdanović-Protić et al, 2016;Djekic et al, 2018aDjekic et al, , 2018bVučković et al, 2019, Lukić et al, 2019 Slovenia Ljubljana Vidrih & Medved, 2013;Fikfak et al, 2017;Pogačar et al, 2017Pogačar et al, , 2019aPogačar et al, , 2019bPerčič et al, 2018;Žiberna & Ivajnšič, 2018 Measurements and assessment of thermal comfort and other climatological events responsible for outdoor thermal comfort were also investigated. Kovács & Németh (2012) evaluated the differences and changes of the thermal comfort conditions in the last half century in Budapest based on the measurements of two meteorological stations located in different environments (LCZs).…”

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Outdoor thermal comfort research in urban areas of Central and Southeast Europe: A review

Dunjić¹

2019

Geographica Pannonica

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Constant urban population growth and intensive urbanization lead to increased pressure on urban areas leading to uncomfortable living conditions. The quality of urban living conditions often depends on the thermal comfort of the open urban spaces, which are used on the daily basis. That is the reason why the attention towards outdoor thermal comfort (OTC) is increasing in the last decade among the researchers from different fields of expertise. In this article, the review of the outdoor thermal comfort research in urban areas of 11 countries of Central and Southeast Europe in the last decade (2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016)(2017)(2018)(2019). The main aim of the review is to give a comprehensive, systematic and complete insight in the current situation in the OTC research interest. The results of the review show increased but uneven interest in outdoor thermal comfort by the end of the research period in countries of the Central and Southeast Europe. In total, 120 articles on the topic of outdoor thermal comfort were identified in the research area. The most significant contribution to the urban outdoor thermal comfort research comes from Hungary, Serbia and Greece. Furthermore, five research objectives were identified: methodology improvement and development, climate sensitive and comfortable urban design and planning, citizens/pedestrian comfort and health assessment and improvement, tourism and health sector support and literature review.

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“…First was bioclimatic assessment of weather condition of Banja Luka (Republic of Srpska) for recreational purposes conducted by Pecelj and others [14]. Recently, Lukić et al [15] investigated the bioclimatic conditions of the central part of Niš, based on the use of Humidex. The purpose of this research was to observe the index change on a daily basis during the hottest part of the year over the period from 1998 to 2017.…”

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An Analysis of the Influence of Air Temperature and Humidity on Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Belgrade (Serbia) Using a Simple Heat Index

Lukić¹

2019

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The main objective of this paper is to study the outdoor thermal comfort of the central urban zone ofBelgrade during summer season in order to examine how different bioclimatic conditions affect humanbody. For this purposes Humidex, a simple heat index was applied. The research involved analyzingdifferent Humidex values, the so-called “sub-indices” calculated based on hourly (7:00 and 14:00),mean daily and maximum values of meteorological parameters (air temperature and humidity) that wererecorded at the meteorological station Belgrade - Vračar.), for the period 1999-2018. Outdoor thermalcomfort in Belgrade is generally more adverse in July and August, resulting in most days belonging tothe categories of “some discomfort” (30-39) and “great discomfort” (40-44), with periodic recording ofthe most severe categories of heat stress, as a category “very dangerous”(Humidex>55). Category of“very dangerous” heat stress shows linear increase during July, with positive trend of 0.03 days/10years. The findings also show that from 1999 to 2018, mean index value gradually rose and values ofsub-indices Humidex14h and HumidexTmax have exceeded thresholds 40 for great discomfort and 45 fordangerous heat stress more often then in the previous decades.

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An evaluation of summer discomfort in Nis (Serbia) using Humidex

Cited by 16 publications

References 18 publications

Analysis of the Universal Thermal Climate Index during heat waves in Serbia

Analysis of the Universal Thermal Climate Index during heat waves in Serbia

Outdoor thermal comfort research in urban areas of Central and Southeast Europe: A review

An Analysis of the Influence of Air Temperature and Humidity on Outdoor Thermal Comfort in Belgrade (Serbia) Using a Simple Heat Index

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