Importance of 3-D radiant flux densities for outdoor human thermal comfort on clear-sky summer days in Freiburg, Southwest Germany

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 315-330

  Lee, Hyunjung ^a   Mayer, Helmut ^a   Schindler, Dirk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 D short and long wave radiant flux densities; Heat; PET; Tmrt; Urban human biometeorology

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLEAR SKY; LONGWAVE RADIATION; METEOROLOGY; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; STREET CANYON; SUMMER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 84925456755     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: 16101227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2014/0536     Document Type: Conference Paper

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