Synoptic heat-health (and cold-health) watch-warning systems are
available real-time for the following cities online:
Synoptic systems are also presently employed in 8 cities in Italy; Shanghai, China; and will be implemented in South Korea beginning in 2008. | References on the heat warning systems:
Progress in heat watch-warning system technology Scott Sheridan and Laurence Kalkstein, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2004 The development of analog European heat waves for U.S. cities to analyze the impacts on heat-related mortality Laurence Kalkstein, Scott Greene, Dave Mills, Alan Perrin, Jason Samenow, Jean-Paul Cohen. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2008 Current alerts:
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