Slot: Heat-Wave Minimum Consecutive Days (heat_wave_min_consecutive_days)

Minimum-consecutive-days rule for heat-wave flags (commonly 2 or 3). Changes which days are flagged.

Tier: conditionally_core

Why this slot matters

A 2-day rule and a 3-day rule flag different sets of days from the same temperature series, changing which person-days count as heat-wave-exposed and therefore the effect estimates built on them.

In plain terms

A heat wave means it stays hot for several days in a row — but how many days count as "several" is a choice (usually 2 or 3), and the choice changes which days get flagged.

URI: envar:slot/heat_wave_min_consecutive_days

Applicable Classes

Name	Description	Modifies Slot
DerivedHeatMetric	Methodology slots specific to derived heat metrics (WBGT, Heat Index, UTCI, a...	no

Properties

Type and Range

Property	Value
Range	Integer
Domain Of	DerivedHeatMetric

Cardinality and Requirements

Property	Value

Examples

Value
3

Identifier and Mapping Information

Annotations

property	value
tier	conditionally_core
justification	A 2-day rule and a 3-day rule flag different sets of days from the same temperature series, changing which person-days count as heat-wave-exposed and therefore the effect estimates built on them.
explanation	A heat wave means it stays hot for several days in a row — but how many days count as "several" is a choice (usually 2 or 3), and the choice changes which days get flagged.

Schema Source

• from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/microschemas/envar

Mappings

Mapping Type	Mapped Value
self	envar:heat_wave_min_consecutive_days
native	envar:heat_wave_min_consecutive_days

LinkML Source

name: heat_wave_min_consecutive_days
annotations:
  tier:
    tag: tier
    value: conditionally_core
  justification:
    tag: justification
    value: A 2-day rule and a 3-day rule flag different sets of days from the same
      temperature series, changing which person-days count as heat-wave-exposed and
      therefore the effect estimates built on them.
  explanation:
    tag: explanation
    value: A heat wave means it stays hot for several days in a row — but how many
      days count as "several" is a choice (usually 2 or 3), and the choice changes
      which days get flagged.
description: Minimum-consecutive-days rule for heat-wave flags (commonly 2 or 3).
  Changes which days are flagged.
title: Heat-Wave Minimum Consecutive Days
examples:
- value: '3'
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/microschemas/envar
rank: 1000
domain_of:
- DerivedHeatMetric
range: integer