Table 1.
Inputs to wet-bulb globe temperature (WBGT) algorithm.
Variable | Calculation | Units/Notes |
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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 | TD = dew point temperature (°C); see Lawrence (2005)49 | |
TA = ambient air temperature (°C); see Lawrence (2005)49 | ||
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 | 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 |