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La cuenca del río Conchos:
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Linkages between Heat Parameters and Health Outcomes.
Participants
in this group cited the need for medical data, and improved
understanding of the relationship between heat parameters and
medical interventions. Particular information needs included
valid biomarkers for heat illness, data on location- and time-
specific health-outcomes, and analyses to correlate heat-related
illness and death data with co-morbidities, such as infection,
dementia, and renal failure. They recommended that climate-
health analyses focus on co-occurrences of power outages during
extreme heat events, and data on medical visits related to outdoor
temperatures, relative humidity, and heat index values.
Figure 5. Participants in the Prediction, Outlooks, Early Warning work
group discussion.
Source: Original photo by Sarah LeRoy, CLIMAS, University of Arizona.
Prediction, Outlooks, Early Warning
. Workshop participants
suggested forecast communication and research related to
forecast lead times as key action priorities (Figure 5). Participants
acknowledged that existing interagency coordination in the
region, including emergency warning and prevention teams,
