Abstract

Early studies of weather, seasonality, and environmental influences on COVID-19 have yielded inconsistent and confusing results. To provide policy-makers and the public with meaningful and actionable environmentally-informed COVID-19 risk estimates, the research community must meet robust methodological and communication standards.

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Title
A framework for research linking weather, climate and COVID-19
Author
Zaitchik, Benjamin F 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Sweijd Neville 2 ; Shumake-Guillemot Joy 3 ; Morse, Andy 4 ; Gordon, Chris 5 ; Marty, Aileen 6 ; Trtanj Juli 7 ; Luterbacher Juerg 8 ; Botai Joel 9 ; Behera Swadhin 10   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Lu Yonglong 11   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Olwoch Jane 12 ; Takahashi, Ken 13   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Stowell, Jennifer D 14 ; Rodó Xavier 15   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Johns Hopkins University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Baltimore, USA (GRID:grid.21107.35) (ISNI:0000 0001 2171 9311) 
 Alliance for Collaboration on Climate and Earth Systems Science (ACCESS) c/o Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), Cape Town, South Africa (GRID:grid.21107.35) 
 World Meteorological Organization, WHO/WMO Climate and Health Joint Office, Geneva, Switzerland (GRID:grid.426193.b) (ISNI:0000 0000 9791 0836) 
 University of Liverpool, School of Environmental Sciences, Liverpool, UK (GRID:grid.10025.36) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 8470) 
 University of Ghana, CDKN CEL-Ghana and Institute for Environment and Sanitation Studies, College of Basic and Applied Sciences, Legon, Ghana (GRID:grid.8652.9) (ISNI:0000 0004 1937 1485) 
 Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine, Miami, USA (GRID:grid.65456.34) (ISNI:0000 0001 2110 1845) 
 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Climate Program Office, Silver Spring, USA (GRID:grid.3532.7) (ISNI:0000 0001 1266 2261) 
 World Meteorological Organization, Science and Innovation Department, Geneva, Switzerland (GRID:grid.426193.b) (ISNI:0000 0000 9791 0836) 
 South African Weather Service, Pretoria, South Africa (GRID:grid.463572.1) (ISNI:0000 0001 2153 9089) 
10  Application Laboratory, VAiG, JAMSTEC, Yokohama, Japan (GRID:grid.410588.0) (ISNI:0000 0001 2191 0132) 
11  Xiamen University, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Coastal Wetland Ecosystems, College of the Environment and Ecology, Fujian, China (GRID:grid.12955.3a) (ISNI:0000 0001 2264 7233) 
12  SASSCAL Regional Secretariat, Windhoek, Namibia (GRID:grid.12955.3a) 
13  Servicio Nacional de Meteorología e Hidrología del Perú–SENAMHI, Lima, Peru (GRID:grid.483621.a) (ISNI:0000 0001 0746 0446) 
14  Boston University, Boston, USA (GRID:grid.189504.1) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 7558) 
15  ICREA and Climate and Health Program, ISGlobal, Barcelona, Spain (GRID:grid.434607.2) (ISNI:0000 0004 1763 3517) 
Publication year
2020
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20411723
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2471558791
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.