wdc-climate.de:5285911 eng; USA collection WBGT_ISIMIP Dr. rer. nat. Christoph Menz Potsdam-Institut fuer Klimafolgenforschung http://www.pik-potsdam.de pointOfContact 2025-07-04T09:29:40 ISO 19115 ISO 19115-2:2009 Global WBGT estimates based on ISIMIP3b 2025-07-22 publication 1 WBGT_ISIMIP doi:10.26050/WDCC/WBGT_ISIMIP Dr. rer. nat. Christoph Menz Potsdam-Institut fuer Klimafolgenforschung http://www.pik-potsdam.de Email: menz@pik-potsdam.de principalInvestigator Dr. rer. nat. Christoph Menz Potsdam-Institut fuer Klimafolgenforschung http://www.pik-potsdam.de Email: menz@pik-potsdam.de author Dr. Stefan Lange Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research not filled Email: slange@pik-potsdam.de author Dr. Jan Volkholz Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research not filled Email: jan.volkholz@pik-potsdam.de author Prof. Dr. Fred F. Hattermann Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research not filled Email: hattermann@pik-potsdam.de author WDCC publisher The CCH project (Climate Change and Health in sub-Saharan Africa, https://cch-africa.de) focuses on the rising health impacts of climate change, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa where vulnerable populations are most at risk. Despite the urgency, there has been little collaboration across disciplines to assess these effects or develop effective adaptation strategies. Key health challenges - childhood undernutrition, malaria, and cardiovascular dysfunction—remain under-researched in the context of climate change. As part of this experiment, we generated a global dataset of Wet-Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) projections to serve as a bioclimatic indicator for quantifying the potential health impacts of climate change. An ensemble of daily average WBGT estimates based on the primary and secondary ISIMIP3b (https://www.isimip.org) model ensemble (10 models) is provided. The ensemble includes the historical (1850–2014), SSP1-2.6 (2015–2100), SSP3-7.0 (2015–2100), and SSP5-8.5 (2015–2100) experiments. WBGT was estimated on an hourly basis using the PyWBGT Python package (Kong and Huber, 2022, doi:10.1029/2021EF002334), based on the Liljegren method (Liljegren et al., 2008, doi:10.1080/15459620802310770). This method estimates WBGT from 2 m air temperature (tas), near-surface relative humidity (hurs), surface pressure (ps), 10 m wind speed (sfcWind), and surface downward solar radiation (rsds). Hourly values were derived from daily values using an average diurnal cycle calculated separately for each Julian day. WBGT was estimated for each hour and then averaged to obtain daily values. The dataset covers the entire globe, excluding Antarctica. The following 10 models from the ISIMIP3b projects are used: CanESM5 - r1i1p1f1 CNRM-CM6-1 - r1i1p1f2 CNRM-ESM2-1 - r1i1p1f2 EC-Earth3 - r1i1p1f1 GFDL-ESM4 - r1i1p1f1 IPSL-CM6A-LR - r1i1p1f1 MIROC6 - r1i1p1f1 MPI-ESM1-2-HR - r1i1p1f1 MRI-ESM2-0 - r1i1p1f1 UKESM1-0-LL - r1i1p1f2 Dr. rer. nat. Christoph Menz Potsdam-Institut fuer Klimafolgenforschung http://www.pik-potsdam.de pointOfContact NetCDF CMIP6 Health WBGT historical ssp126 ssp370 ssp585 CC0-1.0: Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ eng; USA -180.0 180.0 -60.0 90.0 proleptic_gregorian 1850-01-01 2100-12-31 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/DFG//409670289/DE//Klimawandel und Gesundheit in Afrika südlich der Sahara wet_bulb_globe_temperature Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) is a particularly effective indicator of heat stress for active populations such as outdoor workers and athletes. In weather model calculations, WBGT is a derived value that represents the combined effects of air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and solar radiation. Outdoor WBGT is calculated as the weighted sum of natural (static) wet-bulb temperature (Tw), black globe temperature (Tg), and dry bulb temperature (Td): WBGT = 0.7Tw + 0.2 Tg + 0.1 Td.; unit: K wet_bulb_globe_temperature Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) is a particularly effective indicator of heat stress for active populations such as outdoor workers and athletes. In weather model calculations, WBGT is a derived value that represents the combined effects of air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and solar radiation. Outdoor WBGT is calculated as the weighted sum of natural (static) wet-bulb temperature (Tw), black globe temperature (Tg), and dry bulb temperature (Td): WBGT = 0.7Tw + 0.2 Tg + 0.1 Td.; unit: K NetCDF 846453 https://www.wdc-climate.de/ui/entry?acronym=WBGT_ISIMIP information collection