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Effect of Environmental Conditions on Estimation of Ambient Temperature for Minimum Postmortem Interval (PMI) in Korea (사후 경과시간 추정을 위한 현장 대기온도 예측에 국내 환경 조건이 미치는 영향)

  • Jeong, Su Jin;Park, Ji Eun;Lee, Hyo Jung;Park, Seong Hwan;Shin, Sang Eon;Lee, Jae Won
    • Journal of Science Criminal Investigation
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.178-185
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    • 2017
  • It is one of the most important factors to statistical estimation of ambient temperature for accumulated degree day (ADD) and minimum postmortem interval (PMI) in the incident scene. Until now, we applied the temperature of the nearest weather stations, adjusted temperature, or estimated the temperature by the linear regression analysis to estimate the temperature of the incident site. At this time, the estimated temperature may be changed according to the method of temperature estimation. And The accuracy of the estimated value may also vary depending on the environmental factors such as capacity, wind speed, humidity, and rainfall, which may affect measurement conditions and temperature. Therefore, we studied the effect of various environmental factors and measurement conditions for ambient temperature in Korea.