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LIFE ASTI - Urban heat island intensity and health effects
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Q.1.
Heat has an impact on local population’s health. What are the effects of heat waves and extreme heat on health?
a. Direct effects like heat cramps, heat stress and heat stroke
b. Indirect effects like worsening of chronic conditions that may lead to hospitalization and death
c. Both direct and indirect effects
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Q. 2. Is the duration and intensity of heat waves expected to increase due to global warming?
yes
no
not known yet
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Q.3. What determines the urban heat island ?
The gradient of wind speed in and out of the city
The temperature gradient inside and outside the city
Population density
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Q.4. When is the urban heat island most intense?
During the day
At night
Depends on the city
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Q.5. How any weather stations are included in the LIFE ASTI urban heat island monitoring network in Rome?
10
15
34
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Q.6. What was the maximum urban heat island intensity in terms of temperature difference observed for the city of Rome?
6.2°C
2°C
-1°C
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The weather stations installed in Rome and the monitoring network set up during the ASTI LIFE project are used to:
validate the forecasting model
monitor the urban heat island intensity and measure temperatures
all the above
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Q.8. How is the intensity of the urban heat island predicted?
using the WRF numerical model
carrying out ad hoc monitoring campaigns
using data from measuring stations only
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Q.9 What are the relevant weather parameters forecast?
Temperature
Humidity
Temperature and humidity
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Q.10 How is the urban heat island forecasting model tested?
By comparing forecast data with observed data from LIFE ASTI weather stations
By means of radiosoundings
Model does not need to be verified
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11.
City-specific heat health warning systems developed in LIFE ASTI are based on:
The association between temperature and mortality in each city
A climatological temperature threshold for summer
Temperature thresholds defined from studies in the literature
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Q.12 How many levels of warning are given by the heat health warning systems on the LIFE ASTI platform? What is the level that indicates the greatest risk?
4 levels of warning , level 1 being the highest level of risk
3 levels of risk, level 3 being the highest level of risk
4 levels of warning , level 3 being the highest level of risk
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