Human thermal comfort over three different land surfaces during summer in the city of Erzurum, Turkey

Atmosfera

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 289-297

  Yilmaz, S ^a   Toy, S ^b   Yilmaz, H ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Meteorological Institute of Erzurum   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Asphalt concrete surface; Grass surface; Soil surface; Thermal comfort; Thermohygrometric index (THI)

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; GRASS; LAND SURFACE; SOIL SURFACE; SUMMER;

ERZURUM [TURKEY]; EURASIA; TURKEY;

EID: 34547602955     PISSN: 01876236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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