Comparison of mean radiant temperature from field experiment and modelling: a case study in Freiburg, Germany

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 535-551

  Chen, Yung Chang ^a   Lin, Tzu Ping ^b   Matzarakis, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; TEMPERATURE;

FREIBERG; GERMANY; SAXONY;

EID: 84920187086     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-013-1081-z     Document Type: Article

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