Welcome to the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature (WBGT) Explorer. This is a visualization and data analysis tool developed by the Southeast Regional Climate Center that enables users to explore high-resolution WBGT patterns across the Southeast U.S. over the 30-year period of 1994-2020. WBGT is calculated from hourly ERA5-Land data at 9 km resolution using the Liljegren method. The tool supports insights into:
Use the selection panel on the left side of the interface to navigate through the tool. Users can modify their spatial units (gridded or county), WBGT threshold (or flag level), and time period (individual month or season).
Questions may be addressed to: Chris Fuhrmann , Email: fuhrman1@email.unc.edu