Table 2. Thresholds used to create the exposure indicator components.
Exposure indicator component | Dimension | Exposure value |
Population density (thousand persons/sq.km) | <0.10 | 0 |
≥0.10–<0.25 | 0.25 | |
≥0.25–<0.5 | 0.5 | |
≥0.5–<1.0 | 0.75 | |
≥1.0 | 1 | |
Land cover component | Urban | 1 |
Agricultural/plantation | 0.50 | |
Mixed vegetated/agricultural | 0.25 | |
Forest | 0 | |
Temperature | Maximum monthly temperature, lag of 2 months | >20°C and ≤34°C : linear increase in exposure up to 1; ≤20°C or >34°C : 0 exposure |
Precipitation | Monthly cumulative precipitation, lag of 2 months | <300 mm precipitation: linear increase in exposure up to 1; >300 mm monthly precipitation: 0 exposure |