Conversely, the remaining regions of the AP have experienced a decreasing trend in the “no thermal stress” days, with a more notable decline (–12 to –15 days/decade) in UTCI mean observed along the Oman-UAE border (Fig. 4 f).
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Augmented human thermal discomfort in urban centers of the Arabian Peninsula.
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The results of all UTCI indices show a positive trend in the intensity of “strong heat stress” over the AP, with the maximum spatial extent in UTCI mean , followed by UTCI max , and UTCI min (Fig. 5 j–l).
The UTCI min -based “moderate heat stress” intensity displays a dipole pattern with an increasing trend of 0.01–0.12 °C/decade in the northwestern and southwestern parts of AP.