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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Main Authors: A. M. Abdel-Ghany, I. M. Al-Helal, M. R. Shady
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Advances in Meteorology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/693541