Impact of relative humidity on thermal comfort in a warm environment

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 598-607

  Jing, Shenglan ^a   Li, Baizhan ^a,b   Tan, Meilan ^a   Liu, Hong ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chongqing University   (China)

Author keywords

Effective temperature; Relative humidity; Skin temperature; Thermal environment; Thermal sensation; Warm environment

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMIDITY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSATION; SKIN TEMPERATURE; THERMAL COMFORT;

EID: 84881159864     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X12447614     Document Type: Article

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