Principles of the new universal thermal climate index (UTCI) and its application to bioclimatic research in European scale

Miscellanea Geographica

Volumn 14, Issue , 2010, Pages 91-102

  Błazejczyk, Krzysztof ^a,b   Broede, Peter ^c   Fiala, Dusan ^d   Havenith, George ^e   Holmér, Ingvar ^f   Jendritzky, Gerd ^g   Kampmann, Bernhardt ^h   Kunert, Anna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND SPATIAL ORGANIZATION   (Poland)

^c LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^e LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Europe's bioclimate; Heat stress; Human heat balance; UTCI

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876033765     PISSN: 08676046     EISSN: 20846118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/mgrsd-2010-0009     Document Type: Article

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