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There is an increasing interest to study the interactions between atmospheric electrical parameters and living organisms at multiple scales. So far, relatively few studies have been published that focus on possible biological effects of atmospheric electric and magnetic fields. To foster future work in this area of multidisciplinary research, here we present a glossary of relevant terms. Its main purpose is to facilitate the process of learning and communication among the different scientific disciplines working on this topic. While some definitions come from existing sources, other concepts have been re-defined to better reflect the existing and emerging scientific needs of this multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary area of research.

El objetivo del trabajo es estudiar la relación entre los ingresos en hospitales públicos asociados a la gripe y los tipos de tiempo en la Comunidad Autónoma de Galicia para el periodo 2003-2013. Para ello se emplean dos clasificaciones diferentes. Con la primera de ámbito peninsular se definen los riesgos relativos asociados a cada categoría en relación a las admisiones hospitalarias asociadas al código gripe. Con la segunda centrada en Galicia se interpretan las situaciones sinópticas en relación a la evolución de las tasas de gripe y las admisiones hospitalarias desde un enfoque biometeorológico. Los resultados obtenidos indican que el riesgo de ingresos asociados a la gripe en Galicia es mayor con tipos de circulación atmosférica propios del 3º y 4º cuadrante cuando acontecen precedidos de situaciones de primer y segundo cuadrante. Algunos aspectos sociales son también importantes en explicar los incrementos de ingresos hospitalarios., The aim of this work is to study the relationship between influenza related public hospitals admissions and circulation weather types in the Autonomous Community of Galicia (Northern Spain) for the period 2003-2013. Initially a CWT for the Iberian Peninsula is used to model the relative risk of each category in relation to admissions. Moreover a second much more specific classification, focused on Galicia region is considered in order to validate the theory related to the link between a specific spell in weather types can facilitate the spreading of the influenza epidemic and consequently increase the number of influenza related hospital admissions in Galicia. The results indicate that the risk of hospital admissions associated with influenza in Galicia is higher with types of atmospheric circulation of the 3rd and 4th quadrant preceded by first and second quadrant weather types. Some social aspects are also important in explaining increases in influenza-relate hospital admissions.