Study of thermal comfort in the city of são paulo using ENVI-met model

Investigaciones Geograficas

Volumn 78, Issue , 2012, Pages 34-47

  Carfan, Ana Claudia ^a   Galvani, Emerson ^a   Nery, Jonas Teixeira ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ENVI met; Thermal comfort; Urban climate

Indexed keywords

BUILDING; HEAT ISLAND; MICROCLIMATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; URBAN CLIMATE;

BRAZIL; SAO PAULO [BRAZIL]; SAO PAULO [SAO PAULO (STT)];

PAPAYA MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 84872466335     PISSN: 01884611     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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