Thermal human bioclimatic conditions for Austria and the Alps

Hrvatski Meteoroloski Casopis

Volumn , Issue 40, 2005, Pages 190-193

  Matzarakis, Andreas ^a   Rudel, E ^b   Zygmuntowski, M ^a   Koch, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

Author keywords

Alps; Austria; Bioclimate; Physiological Equivalent Temperature

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; HUMIDITY; WIND VELOCITY;

AUSTRIA; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 31344453539     PISSN: 13300083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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