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. 2022 Jun 17;9:326. doi: 10.1038/s41597-022-01405-3

Table 1.

Inputs to wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT) algorithm.

Variable Calculation Units/Notes
Year Provided by ERA5-Land Numeric (YYYY)
Month Provided by ERA5-Land Numeric (MM), 1–12
Day Provided by ERA5-Land Numeric (DD), 1–31
Hour Provided by ERA5-Land Numeric (HH), 0–23 in local time
Minute Set to 0 for all observations Top-of-hour observations
UTC Offset Set to 0 for all observations because we calculated on the original UTC data Number of hours difference from UTC, if applicable
Averaging Time Set to 0 for all observations Observations are provided as either instantaneous or already averaged over the hour
Latitude ERA5-Land grid centroids Decimal-degrees North (°N)
Longitude ERA5-Land grid centroids Decimal-degrees East (°E)
Ambient Temperature Provided by ERA5-Land Degrees Celsius (°C)
Relative Humidity e=610.94exp17.625TD243.04+TD TD = dew point temperature (°C); see Lawrence (2005)49
es=610.94exp17.625TA243.04+TA TA = ambient air temperature (°C); see Lawrence (2005)49
RH=100ees e = vapor pressure (Pascals [Pa]) and es = saturation vapor pressure (Pascals [Pa])
Surface Solar Radiation Downward Provided by ERA5-Land Watts per square-meter (W/m2)
Wind Speed ws=u2+v2 u = zonal wind velocity (m/s) and v = meridional wind velocity (m/s)
Surface Pressure Provided by ERA5-Land Pascals (Pa)
Wind-Speed Height Set to 10 meters for all observations N/A
Temperature Lapse Set to −0.052 °C for all observations Assumes vertical lapse rate of −6.5 °C / km
Urban Assigned 1 (urban) to pixels classified as urban or built up in the National Land Cover Database 2011 dataset and 0 (rural) otherwise N/A