Assessment of daytime outdoor comfort levels in and outside the urban area of Glasgow, UK

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 521-533

  Krüger, Eduardo ^a   Drach, Patricia ^b   Emmanuel, Rohinton ^c   Corbella, Oscar ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Outdoor thermal comfort; PET thermal comfort index; Urban climate; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CITY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPERATURE SENSE; UNITED KINGDOM; VERY ELDERLY; WEATHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CITIES; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SCOTLAND; THERMOSENSING; WEATHER; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878935402     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-012-0578-y     Document Type: Article

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