Calculated and observed human thermal sensation in an extremely hot and dry climate

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 747-756

  Becker, Stefan ^a   Potchter, Oded ^b   Yaakov, Yaron ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acclimatisation; Bioclimatology; Fanger equation; Hot and dry climate; Thermal sensation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; SENSORY PERCEPTION; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOMETERS;

THERMAL SENSATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EID: 0038039395     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7788(02)00228-1     Document Type: Article

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