title: [Environmental characterization: weather and climate].
abstract: In order to characterize the weather and the climate in the area of industrial Rhine-Main area (Wiesbaden and Frankfurt) and in the two control areas (Freiburg with the bordering higher region of the Black Forest and the Starnberg area), relevant measuring data was provided by the German Meteorological Service, Centre of the Medicometeorological Research Establishment, Freiburg. The monthly as well as yearly climatic values of the years 1982-1985 were employed for the following stations: Frankfurt Airport; Wiesbaden South; Freiburg Meteorological Office; Munich Airport Riem which are representative for our areas under examination. For the characterization of the climate in the study areas the following parameters were used: temperature degrees C; relative humidity of the air in %; amount of rainfall in mm; duration of sunshine; wind distribution. The climatic values were interpreted for the years 1982-1985 of the epidemiological group-diagnostic examination of children.
mesh_terms: D002980:Climate; D005860:Germany, West; D006813:Humidity; D011891:Rain; D013472:Sunlight; D013696:Temperature; D014887:Weather; D014919:Wind
vernacular_title: Umweltcharakterisierung: Wetter und Klima.