Search for dissertations about: "cold spell"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words cold spell.

  2. 1. Short-term effects of ambient temperature on daily deaths and hospital admissions

    Author : Joacim Rocklöv; Bertil Forsberg; Jan Semenza; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; temperature; humidity; weather; climate; climate change; hot; heat; cold; cold spell; cold wave; heat wave; health; hospitalization; hospital admission; death; mortality; morbidity; epidemiology; environmental epidemiology; time series; Public health medicine research areas; Folkhälsomedicinska forskningsområden; Occupational and Environmental Medicine; arbets- och miljömedicin;

    Abstract : Background: Incidence of death and hospitalizations have been observed to depend on short-term changes in weather and to increase with extreme temperatures. This thesis aims to strengthen the scientific knowledge on the relationship between temperature and daily deaths, but also the relationship between temperature and daily hospital admissions. READ MORE

  4. 2. Northern Hemispheric Cold Spells and their Tropospheric-Stratospheric Link

    Author : Kathrin Finke; Abdel Hannachi; Jörg Gumbel; Alexey Karpechko; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Atmospheric Sciences and Oceanography; atmosfärvetenskap och oceanografi;

    Abstract : Cold spells have severe consequences for society. They require early warnings for elaborate mitigation strategies on sub-seasonal to seasonal time-scales. READ MORE

  5. 3. Wintertime compound extremes in Europe and North America : from dynamics to predictability

    Author : Richard Leeding; Gabriele Messori; Jacopo Riboldi; Deliang Chen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Cold Spells; Climate Extremes; Extratropical Cyclones; North Atlantic; North America; Europe; Meteorologi; Meteorology;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the co-occurrence of wintertime low temperature extremes (cold spells) over North America and wet or windy extremes over Europe. Prolonged (≅ 5 days) North American cold spells can be associated with both upstream and downstream anomalous large-scale atmospheric flows, the latter modulating extreme weather occurrences over Europe. READ MORE