Wind comfort in a public urban space-Case study within Dublin Docklands

Frontiers of Architectural Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-66

  Szucs, Ágota ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dublin; ENVI met; Grand Canal Square; Human thermal comfort; Microclimate; PET; RayMan; Urban planning; Wind

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884824670     PISSN: 20952635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foar.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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