The influence of air temperature and humidity on human thermal comfort over the greater Athens area

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages 184-194

  Giannopoulou, K ^a   Livada, I ^a   Santamouris, M ^a   Saliari, M ^a   Assimakopoulos, M ^a   Caouris, Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Relative humidity; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888433781     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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