Applying Local Climate Effects to Homicide Investigations

1. Introduction and overview

2. How local climate affects PMI estimates using entomological methods

Neal H. Haskell and Leon G. Higley

3. How local climate affects PMI estimates using anthropological methods

4. Controls on local climate temperature

5. Controls on local climate humidity

6. Microclimate of the corpse location: what to consider

7. Sources of and problems with climate records

8. Post-discovery on-site measurements

9. Modeling the corpse microclimate

10. How do measurement and modeling errors affect the specificity of PMI estimates

Glossary

Appendices: Case studies

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• Ciência forense
• Ciência ambiental, engenharia e tecnologia
• Meteorologia e climatologia
• Direito penal e processo
• Ciência agrícola
• Biologia, ciências da vida
• Física da atmosfera

weather;climate;local conditions;human remains;crime scene investigators;law enforcement;environmental conditions;region;entomological evidence;anthropological evidence;temperature;humidity