Impacts of Temperature Extremes. Adams, C. R. .
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Extremes of heat and cold have a broad and far-reaching set of impacts on the nation. These include significant loss of life and illness, economic costs in transportation, agriculture, production, energy and infrastructure. The 1976 - 1977 winter freeze and drought is estimated to have cost \$36.6 billion in 1980 dollars. In 1980 the nation saw a devastating heat wave and drought that claimed at least 1700 lives and had estimated economic costs \$15 - \$19 billion in 1980 dollars. While these are atypical examples, in recent years on average there are about 1200 deaths due to extreme hot and cold weather. While there are numerous case studies of particular events, little systematic knowledge exists on the impacts across various sectors of the nation. The most rigorously documented impacts are the health impacts, based to a large part on epidemiological studies conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and others in the public health arena.
@report{adamsImpactsTemperatureExtremes1997,
  title = {Impacts of Temperature Extremes},
  author = {Adams, C. R.},
  date = {1997},
  location = {{Boulder, CO}},
  url = {http://www.webcitation.org/6nyvoPHTm},
  abstract = {Extremes of heat and cold have a broad and far-reaching set of impacts on the nation. These include significant loss of life and illness, economic costs in transportation, agriculture, production, energy and infrastructure. The 1976 - 1977 winter freeze and drought is estimated to have cost \$36.6 billion in 1980 dollars. In 1980 the nation saw a devastating heat wave and drought that claimed at least 1700 lives and had estimated economic costs \$15 - \$19 billion in 1980 dollars. While these are atypical examples, in recent years on average there are about 1200 deaths due to extreme hot and cold weather. While there are numerous case studies of particular events, little systematic knowledge exists on the impacts across various sectors of the nation. The most rigorously documented impacts are the health impacts, based to a large part on epidemiological studies conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and others in the public health arena.},
  keywords = {*imported-from-citeulike-INRMM,~INRMM-MiD:c-14270588,coldwaves,health-impacts,heatwaves,human-health,temperature-extreme,transportation-impacts}
}

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