Aerosol pollution and its potential impacts on outdoor human thermal sensation: East Asian perspectives

Environmental Research

Volumn 158, Issue , 2017, Pages 753-758

  Wai, Ka Ming ^a   Ng, Edward Y Y ^a   Wong, Charles M S ^b   Tan, Tanya Z ^a,f   Lin, Tang Huang ^c   Lien, Wei Hung ^c   Tanner, Peter A ^d   Wang, Carlo S H ^c   Lau, Kevin K L ^a   He, Neon M H ^a   Kim, Jhoon ^b,e  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^e Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^f NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

AERONET; Aerosol effects; Heat stress; Modelling study; Physiological equivalent temperature; Sustainable urbanization

Indexed keywords

AERONET; AEROSOL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEATING; MODELING; MODIS; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

AEROSOL; AEROSOL POLLUTION; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHINA; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LATITUDE; PHYSIOLOGICAL EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION; SOUTH KOREA; SUMMER; TAIWAN; WINTER; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; TEMPERATURE SENSE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHIAYI; CHINA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA; TAIWAN;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTANT;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BEIJING; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEOUL; TAIWAN; THERMOSENSING;

EID: 85025681821     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2017.07.036     Document Type: Article

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