Application of Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) for microclimatic analysis in urban thermal environments

Landscape and Urban Planning

Volumn 125, Issue , 2014, Pages 146-155

  Park, Sookuk ^a   Tuller, Stanton E ^b   Jo, Myunghee ^c  

^a Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Human bioclimatic map; Human thermal sensation; Outdoor urban environment; UTCI

Indexed keywords

SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL COMFORT; THERMAL STRESS; WIND;

HUMAN THERMAL SENSATIONS; LANDSCAPE PLANNING AND DESIGNS; MEAN RADIANT TEMPERATURE; MICROCLIMATIC EFFECTS; RADIATION VARIATIONS; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; UTCI;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; HUMIDITY; INDEX METHOD; LANDSCAPE; LONGWAVE RADIATION; MICROCLIMATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RESOLUTION; SOLAR RADIATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN PLANNING; WIND VELOCITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CHANGWON; NANAIMO; SOUTH KOREA; SOUTH KYONGSANG; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 84898871379     PISSN: 01692046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2014.02.014     Document Type: Article

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