A better way to measure heat stress

Air temperature alone doesn’t capture how heat affects humans. Temperature and sunlight warms our skin. Humidity and wind speed contribute to sweating and cooling. Wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) is a metric that incorporates these variables to measure heat stress in direct sunlight.

Although displayed in celsius, WBGT should not be confused with air temperature. To describe the risks of heat for professional football players, we used the WBGT thresholds from the Football Australia heat policy.

The WBGT was 31C for a 2024 Copa America match played in Kansas City, where assistant referee Humberto Panjoj collapsed

Air temperature alone doesn’t capture how heat affects humans. Temperature and sunlight warms our skin. Humidity and wind speed contribute to sweating and cooling. Wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) is a metric that incorporates these variables to measure heat stress in direct sunlight.

Although displayed in celsius, WBGT should not be confused with air temperature. To describe the risks of heat for professional football players, we used the WBGT thresholds from the Football Australia heat policy.

The WBGT was 31C for a 2024 Copa America match played in Kansas City, where assistant referee Humberto Panjoj collapsed

Air temperature alone doesn’t capture how heat affects humans. Temperature and sunlight warms our skin. Humidity and wind speed contribute to sweating and cooling. Wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) is a metric that incorporates these variables to measure heat stress in direct sunlight.

Although displayed in celsius, WBGT should not be confused with air temperature. To describe the risks of heat for professional football players, we used the WBGT thresholds from the Football Australia heat policy.

The WBGT was 31C for a 2024 Copa America match played in Kansas City, where assistant referee Humberto Panjoj collapsed

Air temperature alone doesn’t capture how heat affects humans. Temperature and sunlight warms our skin. Humidity and wind speed contribute to sweating and cooling. Wet bulb globe temperature (WBGT) is a metric that incorporates these variables to measure heat stress in direct sunlight.

Although displayed in celsius, WBGT should not be confused with air temperature. To describe the risks of heat for professional football players, we used the WBGT thresholds from the Football Australia heat policy.

The WBGT was 31C for a 2024 Copa America match played in Kansas City, where assistant referee Humberto Panjoj collapsed