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Technological opportunities for sensing of the health effects of weather and climate change: a state-of-the-art-review

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Sensing and measuring meteorological and physiological parameters of humans, animals, and plants are necessary to understand the complex interactions that occur between atmospheric processes and the health of the living organisms. Advanced sensing technologies have provided both meteorological and biological data across increasingly vast spatial, spectral, temporal, and thematic scales. Information and communication technologies have reduced barriers to data dissemination, enabling the circulation of information across different jurisdictions and disciplines. Due to the advancement and rapid dissemination of these technologies, a review of the opportunities for sensing the health effects of weather and climate change is necessary. This paper provides such an overview by focusing on existing and emerging technologies and their opportunities and challenges for studying the health effects of weather and climate change on humans, animals, and plants.

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The authors would like to acknowledge that the hypothesis for this manuscript was developed at the 3rd international workshop of the International Society of Biometeorology’s Students and New Professionals (SNP) commission group. This SNP workshop was held in Enschede, the Netherlands, in December 2019. Special thanks to Prof. Pablo Fernandez for his participation at the SNP workshop and his mentorship and insight into the discipline. Funding for this workshop was provided by a grant from the International Society of Biometeorology and the S. W. Tromp Foundation. The contributions of Hamed Mehdipoor and Raul Zurita-Milla were supported by the Make It Sense program of the University of Twente.

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All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation and data collection and analysis were performed by all authors. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Vidya Anderson, Andrew Leung, and Hamed Mehdipoor and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Anderson, V., Leung, A.C.W., Mehdipoor, H. et al. Technological opportunities for sensing of the health effects of weather and climate change: a state-of-the-art-review. Int J Biometeorol 65, 779–803 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00484-020-02063-z

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