Study on the outdoor thermal environment and thermal comfort around campus clusters in subtropical urban areas

Building and Environment

Volumn 52, Issue , 2012, Pages 162-170

  Xi, Tianyu ^a   Li, Qiong ^b   Mochida, Akashi ^a   Meng, Qinglin ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Campus cluster; Outdoor thermal comfort; Piloti; Subtropical climate

Indexed keywords

BUILDING BLOCKES; CAMPUS CLUSTER; DESIGN ELEMENTS; GROUND SURFACES; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; LONG-WAVE REFLECTION; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; OUTDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; OUTDOOR THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; PILOTI; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; SHORT WAVES; SKY VIEW FACTOR; SUBTROPICAL CLIMATES; TEMPERATURE DIFFERENCES; THERMAL SENSATIONS; URBAN AREAS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SURVEYS; THERMAL COMFORT; WAVES;

TROPICS;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; SUBTROPICAL REGION; TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84862807195     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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