Thermal adaptation outdoors and the effect of wind on thermal comfort

Ventilating Cities: Air-flow Criteria for Healthy and Comfortable Urban Living

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 33-58

  Rijal, Hom Bahadur ^a  

^a TOKYO CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adaptive model; Comfort temperature; Outdoor thermal comfort; Running mean temperature; Semi outdoor thermal comfort; Wind velocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893115634     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2771-7_3     Document Type: Chapter

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