… Fawcett, 2013: Defining heatwaves: Heatwave defined as a heat-impact event servicing
all community and business sectors in Australia. CAWCR Tech. Rep. … Parker, TJ, GJ Berry …

… A heat wave (HW) is a prolonged period of excessively hot weather. Heat waves have caused
more deaths in Australia … jurisdictions in Australia. A recent study conducted in Western …

… Background: Multiple individual risk factors for morbidity and mortality during heat waves …
with an increase in morbidity and mortality during heat waves. This study evaluated, among 13 …

… This study aims to identify fatalities associated with extreme heat in Australia, as identified
by a Coroner, from 2001 to 2018. A key focus is the circumstances surrounding those fatalities …

… of severe heat wave (HW) events that commonly affect southern Australia. Through an …
of the upper level ridges before they reach Australia and the blocking is established, with HW-…

… These differences make it impossible to develop a global definition of a heatwave. [8] Even
at a local level there can be disagreement about what constitutes a heat wave. For example, …

… The “marine heat wave” which was experienced off Western Australia in the austral summer
… Ocean temperatures off Western Australia are some 5 C higher than at equivalent latitudes …

… Australia’s heatwave definition has been developed to specifically identify when it is unusually
hot at any location across Australia. Determining whether heat is unusual with respect to …

… This may underestimate the effect of this heat wave in comparison to non-heat wave periods;
but, the fact that we still found significant increases in all outcomes once again suggests …

… This study addresses the lack of outdoor thermal comfort research during heatwave
conditions in Australia and uses UTCI for its analysis. It is important to examine thermal comfort …