Designing for pedestrian comfort in response to local climate

Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics

Volumn 104-106, Issue , 2012, Pages 397-407

  Wu, Hanqing ^a   Kriksic, Frank ^a  

^a ROWAN WILLIAMS DAVIES AND IRWIN INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air ventilation; Local climate; Rain infiltration; Snow accumulation; Thermal comfort; Wind

Indexed keywords

AIR; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; RAIN; SNOW; THERMAL COMFORT; WELL TESTING; WIND; WIND TUNNELS;

AIR VENTILATION; LOCAL CLIMATE; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; MICROCLIMATE CONDITIONS; OUTDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; RAIN INFILTRATION; SNOW ACCUMULATION; WIND-TUNNEL TESTING;

PLANNING;

EID: 84862780848     PISSN: 01676105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jweia.2012.02.027     Document Type: Article

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