Validation of the mean radiant temperature simulated by the RayMan software in urban environments

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 60, Issue 11, 2016, Pages 1775-1785

  Lee, Hyunjung ^a   Mayer, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

PET; RayMan software package; Tmrt; Urban environment; Validations

Indexed keywords

CITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOFTWARE; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CITIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSENSING;

EID: 84964016651     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-016-1166-3     Document Type: Article

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