On the problems related to natural wet bulb temperature indirect evaluation for the assessment of hot thermal environments by means of WBGT

Annals of Occupational Hygiene

Volumn 56, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1063-1079

  Alfano, Francesca Romana D'Ambrosio ^a   Palella, Boris Igor ^b   Riccio, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Heat stress; Natural wet bulb temperature; WBGT

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIR VELOCITIES; CONTINUATION METHOD; ENERGY BALANCE EQUATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HEAT BALANCE; HEAT BALANCE EQUATIONS; HEAT STRESS; IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS; MEAN RADIANT TEMPERATURE; MULTIPLICITY OF SOLUTIONS; MULTIPLICITY OF STEADY STATE; NONLINEAR STRUCTURE; PHYSICAL QUANTITIES; PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT; SECOND PHASE; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; THREE SOLUTIONS; USER-FRIENDLY TOOL; WBGT; WET BULB GLOBE TEMPERATURE INDICES; WET BULB TEMPERATURE;

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SENSORS;

SPECIFIC HEAT;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; METHODOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETER; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGICAL CONCEPTS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETERS;

EID: 84870044014     PISSN: 00034878     EISSN: 14753162     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annhyg/mes036     Document Type: Article

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