The effects of urban microclimate on outdoor thermal sensation and neutral temperature in hot-summer and cold-winter climate

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 128, Issue , 2016, Pages 190-197

  Liu, Weiwei ^a,b   Zhang, Yingxia ^a   Deng, Qihong ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Collaborative Innovation Center of Building Energy Conservation & Environmental Control ^*  (China)

Author keywords

City public space; Microclimate parameter; Neutral temperature; Outdoor thermal comfort; Physiological equivalent temperature

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS; SENSORY PERCEPTION; THERMAL COMFORT; WIND;

CITY PUBLIC SPACES; MICROCLIMATE PARAMETER; NEUTRAL TEMPERATURE; OUTDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; PHYSIOLOGICAL EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84978101141     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2016.06.086     Document Type: Article

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