Contents
Climate Change and Nighttime Heat Stress : Tales of Two Cities in the US Midwest / Woonsup Choi 1
Abstract 1
1. Introduction 1
2. Study area 3
3. Data and Methods 3
1) Meteorological Data 3
2) Indicators of Heat Stress 5
3) Transect Analysis 5
4. Results and Discussion 6
1) Substantial Increases in the Frequency of Hot Nights 6
2) Larger Increases in the Frequency of Hot Nights in Urban than in Non-urban Areas 8
3) Longer Median Durations of Consecutive Hot Nights 11
5. Conclusions 11
References 12