Bioclimatic maps for tourism purposes

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 57-62

  Matzarakis, Andreas ^a   Rudel, Ernest ^b   Zygmuntowski, Markus ^a   Koch, Elisabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b ZAMG Zentralanstalt fuer Meteorologie und Geodynamik   (Austria)

Author keywords

Austria; Mapping; Physiologically Equivalent Temperature; Recreation

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AUSTRIA; BIOCLIMATE; CLIMATE STATIONS; CLOUD COVER; CONTINUOUS SURFACE; ENGINEERING SOCIETIES; GLOBAL RADIATION; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; MEAN RADIANT TEMPERATURE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PHYSIOLOGICALLY EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURES; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; WIND VELOCITIES;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; LINEAR REGRESSION;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLOUD COVER; ENERGY BALANCE; GIS; INTERPOLATION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MAPPING; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; TOURISM;

AUSTRIA;

EID: 77951246930     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2010.03.009     Document Type: Article

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