Mean radiant temperature in idealised urban canyons-examples from Freiburg, Germany

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 199-203

  Herrmann, Jan ^a   Matzarakis, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Freiburg; Mean radiant temperature; Physiologically equivalent temperature; RayMan; Thermal bioclimate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GERMANY; MICROCLIMATE; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CITIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GERMANY; MICROCLIMATE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84155191395     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-010-0394-1     Document Type: Article

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