The measurement of the solar absorptance of the clothed human body - The case of Japanese, college-aged male subjects

Building and Environment

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 492-500

  Watanabe, Shinichi ^a   Horikoshi, Tetsumi ^b   Ishii, Jin ^c   Tomita, Akemi ^d  

^a DAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SUGIYAMA JOGAKUEN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clothing; Human body; Outdoor; Solar absorptance

Indexed keywords

CLOTHING; HUMAN BODIES; OUTDOOR; OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENT; OUTDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; SOLAR ABSORPTANCE;

SUN; THERMAL COMFORT;

HOSIERY MANUFACTURE;

ABSORPTION; ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SKIN; SOLAR RADIATION; INSULATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD;

JAPAN;

LEPIDIUM APPELIANUM;

EID: 84870469770     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.09.018     Document Type: Article

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