Episode 7: Home-field Advantage
Hype of the Week: Weather and Sports
- What is WBGT? - Korey Stringer Institute
- What is Heat Index? - NOAA/NWS - Lans Rothfusz
- How is WBGT different from Heat Index?
- Regional Heat Safety Thresholds for Athletics in the Contiguous United States - Grundstein et al. 2015 (Poster & Presentation).
- Curious about what WBGT safety guidelines exist for your area? Check out this tool we created! - By Minh & Castle
- Baseball and Altitude - Alan Nathan
- Discussion of Altitude Sickness and Everest Climbing on Chelsea - Netflix
- United States men's soccer beats Costa Rica 1-0 in snow storm, USA Today
- Manual performance deterioration in the cold estimated using the wind chill equivalent temperature - Daanen 2009
- Studying wind chill index as a climatic index effective on the health of athletes and tourists interested in winter sports - Roshan et al. 2010
- Castle's Wind Chill and Dexterity PowerPoint
Pop Culture/Personal Stories:
- Washington DC Metro Floods, The Washington Post
- Castle meets James Taylor from the Bachelorette (below)
- Simon hits the Gold Buzzer on America's Got Talent
Song of the Week:
- Castle: Bacon - Nick Jonas feat. Ty Dolla $ign
- Minh: This One's For You - David Guetta feat. Zara Larsson
