Thermal comfort evaluation in Tehran metro using Relative Warmth Index

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 297-304

  Abbaspour, M ^a   Jafari, M J ^b   Mansouri, N ^a   Moattar, F ^a   Nouri, N ^a   Allahyari, M ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Passenger discomfort; Relative humidity; Subway; Underground railway

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AIR CONDITIONING; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RAILWAY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; TEHRAN;

EID: 47149099376     PISSN: 17351472     EISSN: 17352630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03326024     Document Type: Article

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