Studying the urban thermal environment under a human-biometeorological point of view: The case of a large coastal metropolitan city, Athens

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 152, Issue , 2015, Pages 82-92

  Katavoutas, George ^a   Georgiou, Giorgos K ^a   Asimakopoulos, Dimosthenis N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Athens; PET index; Thermal comfort; Thermal human biometeorological conditions; Urban thermal environment; Urban rural areas

Indexed keywords

ATHENS; METROPOLITAN CITIES; THERMAL HUMAN-BIOMETEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS; URBAN THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN/RURAL AREAS;

THERMAL COMFORT;

COASTAL ZONE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; RURAL AREA; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 84908367606     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.11.017     Document Type: Article

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