Public Health Preparedness for Extreme Heat Events (2023)
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Hess, J., Errett, N., McGregor, G., Isaksen, T., Wettstein, Z., Wheat, S., & Ebi, K. (2023). Public Health Preparedness for Extreme Heat Events. Annual Review of Public Health, 44, 301-321. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-071421-025508

Heat is a dangerous hazard that causes acute heat illness, chronic disease exacerbations, adverse pregnancy outcomes, and a range of injuries. Risks are highest during extreme heat events (EHEs), which challenge the capacity of health systems and oth... Read More about Public Health Preparedness for Extreme Heat Events.

Climate Change, Grape Phenology and Frost Risk in Southeast England (2022)
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Llanaj, C., & McGregor, G. (2022). Climate Change, Grape Phenology and Frost Risk in Southeast England. Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research, 2022, Article 9835317. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/9835317

Background and Aims: Cultivation of grapevines in England is expected to benefit under climate change. Yet assessments of future wine-climates remain undeveloped. Accordingly, this study assesses how climate change might modify frost risk for Chardon... Read More about Climate Change, Grape Phenology and Frost Risk in Southeast England.

Urban heat: An increasing threat to global health (2021)
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Tong, S., Prior, J., McGregor, G., Shi, X., & Kinney, P. (2021). Urban heat: An increasing threat to global health. British Medical Journal, 375, Article 2467. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.n2467

Weather patterns and all-cause mortality in England, UK (2019)
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Psistaki, K., Paschalidou, A. K., & McGregor, G. (2020). Weather patterns and all-cause mortality in England, UK. International Journal of Biometeorology, 64, 123-136. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-019-01803-0

Cold- and heat-related mortality poses significant public health concerns worldwide. Although there are numerous studies dealing with the association between extreme ambient temperature and mortality, only a small number adopt a synoptic climatologic... Read More about Weather patterns and all-cause mortality in England, UK.

Time-Series Study of Associations between Rates of People Affected by Disasters and the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Cycle (2019)
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Lam, H., Haines, A., McGregor, G., Chan, E., & Hajat, S. (2019). Time-Series Study of Associations between Rates of People Affected by Disasters and the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Cycle. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16(17), Article 3146. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16173146

The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a major driver of climatic variability that can have far reaching consequences for public health globally. We explored whether global, regional and country-level rates of people affected by natural disasters... Read More about Time-Series Study of Associations between Rates of People Affected by Disasters and the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) Cycle.

Climate and Rivers (2019)
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McGregor, G. R. (2019). Climate and Rivers. River Research and Applications, 35(8), 1119-1140. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3508

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 happens in the atmosphere, as a major source of moisture for the terrestrial branch of the... Read More about Climate and Rivers.

Atmospheric drivers of winter above‐freezing temperatures and associated rainfall in western Canada (2019)
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Newton, B., Bonsal, B., Edwards, T., Prowse, T., & McGregor, G. (2019). Atmospheric drivers of winter above‐freezing temperatures and associated rainfall in western Canada. International Journal of Climatology, 39(15), 5655-5671. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.6178

Winter thaw episodes, especially when accompanied by rain, can significantly deplete the winter snowpack, which is a critical water storage component in the mountainous headwater regions of the major river basins of western Canada. Here we identify t... Read More about Atmospheric drivers of winter above‐freezing temperatures and associated rainfall in western Canada.

El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Health: An Overview for Climate and Health Researchers (2018)
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McGregor, G., & Ebi, K. (2018). El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Health: An Overview for Climate and Health Researchers. Atmosphere, 9(7), Article 282. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos9070282

The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is an important mode of climatic variability that exerts a discernible impact on ecosystems and society through alterations in climate patterns. For this reason, ENSO has attracted much interest in the climate... Read More about El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Health: An Overview for Climate and Health Researchers.

Heat: A Primer for Public Health Researchers (2017)
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McGregor, G., & Vanos, J. (2018). Heat: A Primer for Public Health Researchers. Public Health, 161, 138-146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2017.11.005

Objectives: To provide a primer on the physical characteristics of heat from a biometeorological perspective for those interested in the epidemiology of extreme heat. Study design: A literature search design was used. Methods: A review of the concept... Read More about Heat: A Primer for Public Health Researchers.

Hydroclimatology, modes of climatic variability and stream flow, lake and groundwater level variability (2017)
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McGregor, G. (2017). Hydroclimatology, modes of climatic variability and stream flow, lake and groundwater level variability. Progress in Physical Geography, 41(4), 496-512. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309133317726537

Hydroclimatology is an expansive discipline largely concerned with understanding the workings of the hydrological cycle in a climate context. Acknowledging this, and given the burgeoning interest in the relation between climate and water in the conte... Read More about Hydroclimatology, modes of climatic variability and stream flow, lake and groundwater level variability.

Analysis of the synoptic winter mortality climatology in five regions of England: Searching for evidence of weather signals (2017)
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Paschalidou, A., Kassomenos, P., & McGregor, G. (2017). Analysis of the synoptic winter mortality climatology in five regions of England: Searching for evidence of weather signals. Science of the Total Environment, 598, 432-444. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2017.03.276

Although heat-related mortality has received considerable research attention, the impact of cold weather on public health is less well-developed, probably due to the fact that physiological responses to cold weather can vary substantially among indiv... Read More about Analysis of the synoptic winter mortality climatology in five regions of England: Searching for evidence of weather signals.

Linking Inter-annual River Flow River Variability Across New Zealand to the Southern Annular Mode, 1979-2011 (2017)
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Ning, L., & McGregor, G. (2017). Linking Inter-annual River Flow River Variability Across New Zealand to the Southern Annular Mode, 1979-2011. Hydrological Processes, 31(12), 2261-2276. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.11184

River flow constitutes an important element of the terrestrial branch of the hydrological cycle, yet knowledge regarding the extent to which its variability, at a range of time scales, is linked to a number of modes of atmospheric circulation is meag... Read More about Linking Inter-annual River Flow River Variability Across New Zealand to the Southern Annular Mode, 1979-2011.

Tropospheric moisture in the Southwest Pacific as revealed by homogenized radiosonde data: Climatology and decadal trend (2016)
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Li, N., Bellon, G., & McGregor, G. (2017). Tropospheric moisture in the Southwest Pacific as revealed by homogenized radiosonde data: Climatology and decadal trend. International Journal of Climatology, 37(3), 1341-1355. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.4780

Radiosonde data are valuable to the research community because they provide observations for multiple decades and can be used to validate model output. However radiosonde data often suffer from quality issues, which has undermined their credibility.... Read More about Tropospheric moisture in the Southwest Pacific as revealed by homogenized radiosonde data: Climatology and decadal trend.

Exploring Winter Mortality Variability in Five Regions of England Using Back Trajectory Analysis (2016)
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Dimitriou, K., McGregor, G., Kassomenos, P., & Paschalidou, A. (2016). Exploring Winter Mortality Variability in Five Regions of England Using Back Trajectory Analysis. Earth Interactions, 20(1), 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1175/ei-d-15-0012.1

This paper aims to define atmospheric pathways related with the occurrence of daily winter low temperature episodes (LTE) in England, for the 26-yr period 1974–99, and to reveal possible associations with increased mortality rates. For this purpose,... Read More about Exploring Winter Mortality Variability in Five Regions of England Using Back Trajectory Analysis.

Humidity: A review and primer on atmospheric moisture and human health (2015)
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David, R., McGregor, G., & Enfield, K. (2016). Humidity: A review and primer on atmospheric moisture and human health. Environmental Research, 144(Part A), 106-116. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2015.10.014

Research examining associations between weather and human health frequently includes the effects of atmospheric humidity. A large number of humidity variables have been developed for numerous purposes, but little guidance is available to health resea... Read More about Humidity: A review and primer on atmospheric moisture and human health.

On the Science-Policy Bridge: Do Spatial Heat Vulnerability Assessment Studies Influence Policy? (2015)
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Wolf, T., Chuang, W., & McGregor, G. (2015). On the Science-Policy Bridge: Do Spatial Heat Vulnerability Assessment Studies Influence Policy?. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 12(10), 13321-13349. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph121013321

Human vulnerability to heat varies at a range of spatial scales, especially within cities where there can be noticeable intra-urban differences in heat risk factors. Mapping and visualizing intra-urban heat vulnerability offers opportunities for pres... Read More about On the Science-Policy Bridge: Do Spatial Heat Vulnerability Assessment Studies Influence Policy?.

Climatology in support of climate risk management: A progress report (2015)
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McGregor, G. (2015). Climatology in support of climate risk management: A progress report. Progress in Physical Geography, 39(4), 536-553. https://doi.org/10.1177/0309133315578941

Climate risk management has emerged over the last decade as a distinct area of activity within the wider field of climatology. Its focus is on integrating climate and non-climate information in order to enhance the decision-making process in a wide r... Read More about Climatology in support of climate risk management: A progress report.

On the association between synoptic circulation and wildfires in the Eastern Mediterranean (2014)
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Papadopoulos, A., Paschalidou, A., Kassomenos, P., & McGregor, G. (2014). On the association between synoptic circulation and wildfires in the Eastern Mediterranean. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 115(3-4), 483-501. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00704-013-0885-1

In the present paper cluster analysis of 2-month air mass back-trajectories for three contrasting fire and non-fire events is conducted (high, low, and zero burnt area). The large fire event displays an air mass history dissimilar to other events whe... Read More about On the association between synoptic circulation and wildfires in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Heat-related mortality risk model for climate change impact projection. (2014)
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Honda, Y., Kondo, M., McGregor, G., Kim, H., Guo, Y., Hijioka, Y., …Kovats, S. (2014). Heat-related mortality risk model for climate change impact projection. Environmental health and preventive medicine, 19(1), 56-63. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12199-013-0354-6

Objectives We previously developed a model for projection of heat-related mortality attributable to climate change. The objective of this paper is to improve the fit and precision of and examine the robustness of the model. Methods We obtained daily... Read More about Heat-related mortality risk model for climate change impact projection..

Performance assessment of a heat vulnerability index for greater London, United Kingdom (2014)
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Wolf, T., McGregor, G., & Analitis, A. (2014). Performance assessment of a heat vulnerability index for greater London, United Kingdom. Weather, Climate, and Society, 6(1), 32-46. https://doi.org/10.1175/wcas-d-13-00014.1

This study reports on the assessment of a multivariate heat wave vulnerability index (HVI) developed for London, United Kingdom. The HVI is assessed in terms of its ability to predict whether mortality and ambulance callout attain above average level... Read More about Performance assessment of a heat vulnerability index for greater London, United Kingdom.