A bicycle-based field measurement system for the study of thermal exposure in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, USA

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Rajkovich, Nicholas B ^a   Larsen, Larissa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat health; Heat wave; Thermal exposure; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEAT ISLAND; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEOROLOGICAL HAZARD; MICROCLIMATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN DESIGN;

ARTICLE; BICYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GROUND SURFACE TEMPERATURE; LAND USE; MICROCLIMATE; MOTOR VEHICLE; REMOTE SENSING; THERMAL EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT; VALIDATION PROCESS; CITY; CYCLING; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAT; HUMAN; OHIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETRY;

CUYAHOGA COUNTY; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

BICYCLING; CITIES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; MICROCLIMATE; OHIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPERATURE; THERMOMETRY;

EID: 84955254660     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13020159     Document Type: Article

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