Citation

How to cite the package and its functions

Citing the heatindex package

The heatindex package, available through PyPI and CRAN, is maintained by Yi-Chuan Lu and David M. Romps and can be cited as follows.

Lu, Y.-C. and Romps, D. M. (2025). heatindex: Tools for Calculating Heat Stress (Package version 0.0.2). https://heatindex.org
@manual{,
  title  = {heatindex: Tools for Calculating Heat Stress},
  author = {Yi-Chuan Lu and David M. Romps},
  year   = {2025},
  note   = {Package version 0.0.2},
  url    = {https://heatindex.org},
}
TY  - COMP
T1  - heatindex: Tools for Calculating Heat Stress
AU  - Lu, Yi-Chuan
AU  - Romps, David M.
PY  - 2025
UR  - https://heatindex.org
N1  - Package version 0.0.2
ER  -

Citing the heatindex function

The heatindex package’s heatindex function is based on the paper by Lu et al., which should be cited as follows.

Lu, Y.-C., et al. (2025). Simpler and faster: An improved heat index. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, in review.
@article{lu2025,
  author  = {Yi-Chuan Lu and Alex Goodman and Peter Kalmus and David M. Romps},
  title   = {Simpler and faster: an improved heat index},
  journal = {Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology},
  year    = {2025},
  note    = {In review},
}
TY  - JOUR
T1  - Simpler and faster: An improved heat index
AU  - Lu, Yi-Chuan
AU  - Goodman, Alex
AU  - Kalmus, Peter
AU  - Romps, David M.
PY  - 2025
JO  - Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
N1  - In review
ER  -

Citing the wetbulb function

The heatindex package’s wetbulb and rh_from_wetbulb functions are based on the paper by Romps, which should be cited as follows.

Romps, D.M. (2025). Wet-bulb temperature from pressure, relative humidity, and air temperature. Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, in review.
@article{lu2025,
  author  = {David M. Romps},
  title   = {Wet-bulb temperature from pressure, relative humidity, and air temperature},
  journal = {Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology},
  year    = {2025},
  note    = {In review},
}
TY  - JOUR
T1  - Wet-bulb temperature from pressure, relative humidity, and air temperature
AU  - Romps, David M.
PY  - 2025
JO  - Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
N1  - In review
ER  -