Hourly values of an advanced human-biometeorological index for diverse populations from 1991 to 2020 in Greece

The presented human thermal bioclimate dataset was created in the frame of the HEAT-ALARM ("Development of a heat-health warning system in Greece") research project.

It consists of hourly values of population-weighted mPET (modified physiologically equivalent temperature), simulated by the RayMan Pro model for the period 1991-2020 and for 10 population subsets in 72 regional units and combinations thereof, which are based on the NUTS-3 (Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics-3) classification in Greece, using the Copernicus European Regional Reanalysis (CERRA) at 5.5 km spatial resolution. 

The code used to produce the presented data is available at: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10252280. It can be used to replicate the dataset not only directly in Greece, but also in any other country included in the CERRA domain after appropriate adjustments.

Compared to the previous version of the dataset, this version includes population-weighted mPET values for four additional population groups. More details can be found in Giannaros et al. (2024). 

References

Giannaros, C., Agathangelidis, I., Galanaki, E. et al. Hourly values of an advanced human-biometeorological index for diverse populations from 1991 to 2020 in Greece. Sci Data 11, 76 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-02923-y