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Associations between elevated atmospheric temperature and human mortality: a critical review of the literature by Gosling, Simon N, Lowe, Jason A, McGregor, Glenn R, Pelling, Mark, Malamud, Bruce D

“…The effects of the anomalously warm European summer of 2003 highlighted the importance of understanding the relationship between elevated atmospheric…”
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El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Health: An Overview for Climate and Health Researchers by McGregor, Glenn, Ebi, Kristie

“…The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is an important mode of climatic variability that exerts a discernible impact on ecosystems and society through…”
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Special issue: Universal Thermal Comfort Index (UTCI) by McGregor, Glenn R.

“…Issue Title: Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI)…”
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Climate change and heat-related mortality in six cities Part 1: model construction and validation by Gosling, Simon N, McGregor, Glenn R, Páldy, Anna

“…Heat waves are expected to increase in frequency and magnitude with climate change. The first part of a study to produce projections of the effect of future…”
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Climate and rivers by McGregor, Glenn R.

“…Over the last few decades as hydrologists have slowly raised their line of sight above the watershed boundary, it has become increasingly recognised that what…”
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Heat: a primer for public health researchers by McGregor, Glenn R., Vanos, Jennifer K.

“…To provide a primer on the physical characteristics of heat from a biometeorological perspective for those interested in the epidemiology of extreme heat. A…”
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River flow teleconnections across the northern North Atlantic region by Kingston, Daniel G., McGregor, Glenn R., Hannah, David M., Lawler, Damian M.

“…Correlation of monthly inter‐regional river flow and composite analysis of large‐scale climatic patterns associated with high and low monthly regional river…”
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Humidity: A review and primer on atmospheric moisture and human health by Davis, Robert E., McGregor, Glenn R., Enfield, Kyle B.

“…Research examining associations between weather and human health frequently includes the effects of atmospheric humidity. A large number of humidity variables…”
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Human biometeorology by McGregor, Glenn R.

“…Human biometeorology is experiencing resurgence because of concerns about the impact of weather and climate on living organisms and the effects of human…”
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Climate change and heat-related mortality in six cities Part 2: climate model evaluation and projected impacts from changes in the mean and variability of temperature with climate change by Gosling, Simon N, McGregor, Glenn R, Lowe, Jason A

“…Previous assessments of the impacts of climate change on heat-related mortality use the “delta method” to create temperature projection time series that are…”
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Southern hemisphere atmospheric circulation: impacts on Antarctic climate and reconstructions from Antarctic ice core data by Russell, Andrew, McGregor, Glenn R

“…The atmospheric circulation patterns in the Southern Hemisphere have had a significant impact on the climate of the Antarctic and there is much evidence that…”
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Atmospheric drivers of winter above‐freezing temperatures and associated rainfall in western Canada by Newton, Brandi W., Bonsal, Barrie R., Edwards, Thomas W. D., Prowse, Terry D., McGregor, Glenn R.

“…Winter thaw episodes, especially when accompanied by rain, can significantly deplete the winter snowpack, which is a critical water storage component in the…”
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The benefits of quantifying climate model uncertainty in climate change impacts assessment: an example with heat-related mortality change estimates by Gosling, Simon N., McGregor, Glenn R., Lowe, Jason A.

“…The majority of climate change impacts assessments account for climate change uncertainty by adopting the scenario-based approach. This typically involves…”
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Regional classification, variability, and trends of northern North Atlantic river flow by Kingston, Daniel G., Hannah, David M., Lawler, Damian M., McGregor, Glenn R.

“…Regional classification techniques can help in identifying spatial structure in river flow variation. As such, a framework can be provided around which to test…”
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Development of a spatial synoptic classification scheme for western Europe by Bower, Donna, McGregor, Glenn R., Hannah, David M., Sheridan, Scott C.

“…This paper presents a new spatial air‐mass climatology for western Europe (WE) based upon the analysis of daily data for 48 climate stations for the period…”
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Techniques for assessing the climatic sensitivity of river flow regimes by Bower, Donna, Hannah, David M., McGregor, Glenn R.

“…Regimes are useful tools for characterizing the seasonal behaviour of river flow and other hydroclimatological variables over an annual cycle (hydrological…”
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Integrating climate-hydrology-ecology for alpine river systems by Hannah, David M., Brown, Lee E., Milner, Alexander M., Gurnell, Angela M., McGregor, Glenn R., Petts, Geoff E., Smith, Barnaby P.G., Snook, Deborah L.

“…1. High climatic sensitivity and lack of significant human impact make alpine river basins important environments for examining hydrological and ecological…”
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A large-scale hydroclimatological perspective on western European river flow regimes by Wilson, Donna, Hannah, David M., McGregor, Glenn R.

“…A novel flow regime classification scheme was applied to 141 river basins across western Europe, providing more robust analysis of space–time variability in…”
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Climate-river flow relationships across montane and lowland environments in northern Europe by Kingston, Daniel G, Hannah, David M, Lawler, Damian M, McGregor, Glenn R

“…To assess hydrological sensitivity to climate variability, improved understanding is needed of the process cascade linking large-scale climate to river flow…”
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Winter North Atlantic Oscillation, temperature and ischaemic heart disease mortality in three English counties by McGregor, Glenn R

“…As cold weather is an ischaemic heart disease (IHD) risk factor, year-to-year variations of the level of IHD mortality may be partly determined by inter-annual…”
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