Suitability of different comfort indices for the prediction of thermal conditions in tree-covered outdoor spaces in arid cities

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 69-83

  Ruiz, María Angélica ^a,b   Correa, Erica Norma ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID ENVIRONMENT; CLIMATE VARIATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; PREDICTION; PUBLIC SPACE; TREE; URBAN AREA; URBAN DESIGN;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA;

EID: 84942369347     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-014-1279-8     Document Type: Article

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