A parametric study of wind chill equivalent temperatures by a dimensionless steady-state analysis

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 215-223

  Shitzer, Avraham ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Angle of incidence; Calm wind conditions; Dimensionless parameters; Effective wind speed; Wind chill

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOREGULATION; WIND;

BODY TEMPERATURE REGULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

EID: 33644592043     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-005-0012-9     Document Type: Article

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