Human Thermal Comfort and Heat Stress in an Outdoor Urban Arid Environment: A Case Study
To protect humans from heat stress risks, thermal comfort and heat stress potential were evaluated under arid environment, which had never been made for such climate. The thermal indices THI, WBGT, PET, and UTCI were used to evaluate thermal comfort and heat stress. RayMan software model was used to...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2013-01-01
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Series: | Advances in Meteorology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/693541 |