Enhanced conduction-corrected modified effective temperature as the outdoor thermal environment evaluation index upon the human body

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-21

  Kurazumi, Yoshihito ^a   Fukagawa, Kenta ^b   Yamato, Yoshiaki ^c   Tobita, Kunihito ^d   Kondo, Emi ^e   Tsuchikawa, Tadahiro ^f   Horikoshi, Tetsumi ^e   Matsubara, Naoki ^g  

^a SUGIYAMA JOGAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KURE NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d ARIAKE NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^g KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body heat balance; Enhanced conduction corrected modified effective temperature; Outdoor environment; Posture; Sensational and physiological temperature index; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

ENHANCED CONDUCTION-CORRECTED MODIFIED EFFECTIVE TEMPERATURE; HEAT BALANCE; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; PHYSIOLOGICAL TEMPERATURE; POSTURE;

HEAT TRANSFER; PHYSIOLOGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECIFIC HEAT; SUN; TEMPERATURE;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

HEAT BALANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN AREA;

EID: 77956226359     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2010.06.012     Document Type: Article

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