Institute of Biometeorology, Italian National Research Council, Via G. Caproni 8, Florence, Italy
LaMMA Consortium, Via Madonna del Piano 10, Sesto Fiorentino (FI), Italy
Alfonso Crisci
Institute of Biometeorology, Italian National Research Council, Via G. Caproni 8, Florence, Italy
Marco Morabito
Institute of Biometeorology, Italian National Research Council, Via G. Caproni 8, Florence, Italy
Paolo Nesi
DISIT Lab, Distributed Systems and internet/Data Intelligence and Technologies Lab,
Dep. of Information Engineering (DINFO), University of Florence, Italy Via S. Marta, Florence, Italy
Gianni Pantaleo
DISIT Lab, Distributed Systems and internet/Data Intelligence and Technologies Lab,
Dep. of Information Engineering (DINFO), University of Florence, Italy Via S. Marta, Florence, Italy
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This work presents an analysis of tweets related to heat waves occurred in Italy in summer 2015. Social media offer new opportunities to indirectly measure the impact of heat waves on society. Tweets related to heat conditions were retrieved and analysed for main features. The daily volume of users and messages was a valuable indicator of heat wave impact in urban areas. The volume of tweets in certain locations was used to estimate thresholds of local discomfort conditions.
This work presents an analysis of tweets related to heat waves occurred in Italy in summer 2015....
