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A glossary for biometeorology
Simon N. Gosling
&Erin K. Bryce
&P. Grady Dixon
&Katharina M. A. Gabriel
&Elaine Y. Gosling
&Jonathan M. Hanes
&David M. Hondula
&Liang Liang
&Priscilla Ayleen Bustos Mac Lean
&Stefan Muthers
&Sheila Tavares Nascimento
&Martina Petralli
&Jennifer K. Vanos
&Eva R. Wanka
Received: 30 October 2012 / Revised: 22 August 2013 / Accepted: 26 August 2013 # The Author(s) 2013. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com
Abstract Here we present, for the first time, a glossary of
biometeorological terms. The glossary aims to address the need
for a reliable source of biometeorological definitions, thereby
facilitating communication and mutual understanding in this
rapidly expanding field. A total of 171 terms are defined, with
reference to 234 citations. It is anticipated that the glossary will
be revisited in coming years, updating terms and adding new
terms, as appropriate. The glossary is intended to provide a
useful resource to the biometeorology community, and to this
end, readers are encouraged to contact the lead author to suggest
additional terms for inclusion in later versions of the glossary as
a result of new and emerging developments in the field.
S. N. Gosling (*)
School of Geography, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK
e-mail: [email protected] E. K. Bryce
Department of Anthropology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
P. G. Dixon
Department of Geosciences, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS, USA
K. M. A. Gabriel
Department of Social Epidemiology, Institute for Public Health and Nursing Research, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany K. M. A. Gabriel
Berlin School of Public Health, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
E. Y. Gosling
School of Civil and Building Engineering and Loughborough Design School, Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK
J. M. Hanes
Department of Geography, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA
D. M. Hondula
Center for Policy Informatics, School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ, USA
L. Liang
Department of Geography, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
P. A. Bustos Mac Lean
Department of Animal Science, Universidade Estadual de Maringá (UEM), Maringa, Paraná, Brazil
S. Muthers
Climate and Environmental Physics, Physics Institute and Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
S. T. Nascimento
Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agrarian and Veterinarian Sciences, São Paulo State University (UNESP), São Paulo, Brazil
M. Petralli
Interdepartmental Centre of Bioclimatology and Department of Agrifood Production and Environmental Sciences, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
J. K. Vanos
Department of Geosciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA
E. R. Wanka
University of Munich, Munich, Germany Int J Biometeorol
