Cold but comfortable? Application of comfort criteria to cold environments

Indoor Air, Supplement

Volumn 14, Issue SUPPL. 7, 2004, Pages 27-31

  Holmer I ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clothing; Cold stress; Evaporation; Method; Perception; Prediction model; Skin temperature

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

CLOTHING; COLD ENVIRONMENT; COLD STRESS; EVAPORATIVE HEAT LOSS; HEAT TRANSFER EQUATIONS; MEAN SKIN TEMPERATURE; METHOD; PREDICTION MODELLING; SKIN TEMPERATURES; THERMAL;

THERMAL COMFORT;

AMBIENT AIR; CLIMATE; CLOTHING; COLD; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT LOSS; HEAT SENSATION; HEAT TRANSFER; HUMIDITY; LOW TEMPERATURE; METABOLIC RATE; REVIEW; SKIN TEMPERATURE; SWEATING; WARMING;

EID: 20844442292     PISSN: 09056947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0668.2004.00269.x     Document Type: Review

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