Outdoor thermal sensation of pedestrians in a Mediterranean climate and a comparison with UTCI

Building and Environment

Volumn 66, Issue , 2013, Pages 82-95

  Pantavou, Katerina ^a   Theoharatos, George ^a   Santamouris, Mattheos ^a   Asimakopoulos, Dimosthenis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Mediterranean climate; Outdoor comfort; Questionnaire survey; Thermal sensation; UTCI

Indexed keywords

MEDITERRANEAN CLIMATES; OUTDOOR COMFORTS; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS; THERMAL SENSATIONS; UTCI;

CLIMATOLOGY; SURVEYS;

THERMAL COMFORT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INDEX METHOD; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; PEDESTRIAN; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; URBAN CLIMATE; WARNING SYSTEM; WEATHER; WIND VELOCITY;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 84878144298     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2013.02.014     Document Type: Article

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