With global warming, a better understanding of the summer thermal environment is crucial. Distinct from land surface temperature, which is the most widely noticed and employed parameter of the summer thermal environment, we constructed the Summer Comprehensive Heat Index using six common heat indices (outdoor apparent temperature, heat index, Humidex, modified discomfort index, net effective temperature, and simplified wet‐bul...

Southwest China has experienced significant drought during the past few years. To better understand the tendency of drought changes over time, this study applies dendroclimatological techniques to assess drought variations in Lijiang Prefecture, southwest China. So far, the longest chronology (387 years) of Picea likiangensis on the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain was constructed, and the relationships between the tree‐ring width an...