Assessment of the microclimatic and human comfort conditions in a complex urban environment: Modelling and measurements

Building and Environment

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1713-1722

  Gulyás, Ágnes ^a   Unger, János ^a   Matzarakis, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hungary; Physiological Equivalent Temperature; Szeged; Thermal comfort; Urban environments

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT FLUX; HOUSING; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

PHYSIOLOGICAL EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURE; SZEGED; THERMAL COMFORT; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT FLUX; HOUSING; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

IRRADIATION; MICROCLIMATE; MODELING; URBAN AREA;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FEJER; HUNGARY; SZEGED;

EID: 33746020517     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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