Effect of climate change on outdoor thermal comfort in humid climates

Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Orosa, José A ^a   Costa, Ángel M ^a   Rodríguez Fernández, Ángel ^a   Roshan, Gholamreza ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^b GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Climate change; Humid; Outdoor; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEATING; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; RELATIVE HUMIDITY;

GALICIA [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 84904651402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2052336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2052-336X-12-46     Document Type: Article

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