Daily Max Simplified Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature and its Climate Networks for Teleconnection Study, 1940–2022

Abstract As global warming intensifies, extreme heat events, especially those occurring simultaneously or sequentially in multiple regions, are becoming more frequent. This highlights the growing need to analyze heat stress from the perspectives of human health and spatiotemporal correlations. Wet-B...

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Main Authors: Yan Liu, Changqing Song, Sijing Ye, Jiaying Lv, Peichao Gao
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Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-04-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04933-w
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description Abstract As global warming intensifies, extreme heat events, especially those occurring simultaneously or sequentially in multiple regions, are becoming more frequent. This highlights the growing need to analyze heat stress from the perspectives of human health and spatiotemporal correlations. Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) is a well-established heat stress indicator closely linked to human health. However, its reliance on specialized measurements and resource-intensive computations limits its widespread use, particularly for researchers without an earth sciences background. To address this, we adopted a simplified WBGT (sWBGT), which effectively simulates human cooling through sweating, to generate a global 2° resolution dataset of daily maximum sWBGT from 1940 to 2022. This dataset fills a critical gap in long-term, global-scale heat stress data. Additionally, we employed climate network methods to innovatively explore teleconnections of extreme heat events, providing a tool to reveal their spatiotemporal relationships and supporting the development of effective health protection strategies.
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spelling doaj-art-d083cf5e6dea4971abe43f30ea3884c82025-08-20T03:10:07ZengNature PortfolioScientific Data2052-44632025-04-0112111310.1038/s41597-025-04933-wDaily Max Simplified Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature and its Climate Networks for Teleconnection Study, 1940–2022Yan Liu0Changqing Song1Sijing Ye2Jiaying Lv3Peichao Gao4State Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Hazards Risk Governance, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal UniversityState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Hazards Risk Governance, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal UniversityState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Hazards Risk Governance, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal UniversityState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Hazards Risk Governance, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal UniversityState Key Laboratory of Earth Surface Processes and Hazards Risk Governance, Faculty of Geographical Science, Beijing Normal UniversityAbstract As global warming intensifies, extreme heat events, especially those occurring simultaneously or sequentially in multiple regions, are becoming more frequent. This highlights the growing need to analyze heat stress from the perspectives of human health and spatiotemporal correlations. Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) is a well-established heat stress indicator closely linked to human health. However, its reliance on specialized measurements and resource-intensive computations limits its widespread use, particularly for researchers without an earth sciences background. To address this, we adopted a simplified WBGT (sWBGT), which effectively simulates human cooling through sweating, to generate a global 2° resolution dataset of daily maximum sWBGT from 1940 to 2022. This dataset fills a critical gap in long-term, global-scale heat stress data. Additionally, we employed climate network methods to innovatively explore teleconnections of extreme heat events, providing a tool to reveal their spatiotemporal relationships and supporting the development of effective health protection strategies.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-025-04933-w
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title_short Daily Max Simplified Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature and its Climate Networks for Teleconnection Study, 1940–2022
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