Applications of the Universal Thermal Climate Index UTCI in Biometeorology
Applications of the Universal Thermal Climate Index UTCI in Biometeorology
Latest Developments and Case Studies
Krueger, Eduardo L.
Springer Nature Switzerland AG
07/2022
228
Mole
Inglês
9783030767181
15 a 20 dias
373
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Introduction.- Issues in UTCI Calculation from a Decade's Experience.- Literature Review on UTCI Applications.- Sensitivity of UTCI thermal comfort prediction to personal and situational factors - residual analysis of pedestrian survey data.- Long and short-term acclimatization effects on outdoor thermal perception versus UTCI.- Regional adaptation of the UTCI: Comparisons between different datasets in Brazil.- Outdoor thermal environment and heat-related symptoms of pedestrians: An application of the UTCI for health risk assessment.- Mapping UTCI (in different scales).- Application of the UTCI in high-resolution urban climate modeling techniques.- The universal thermal climate index as an operational forecasting tool of human biometeorological conditions in Europe.- Proposed framework for establishing a global database for outdoor thermal comfort research.- Afterword.
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Climate Change;Ecophysiology;Modelling;Phenology;Seasonality;Outdoor Thermal Comfort;Human Bo-comfort;Human Biometeorology;Human Heat Balance;Urban Thermal Comfort;landscape/regional and urban planning;meteorology
Introduction.- Issues in UTCI Calculation from a Decade's Experience.- Literature Review on UTCI Applications.- Sensitivity of UTCI thermal comfort prediction to personal and situational factors - residual analysis of pedestrian survey data.- Long and short-term acclimatization effects on outdoor thermal perception versus UTCI.- Regional adaptation of the UTCI: Comparisons between different datasets in Brazil.- Outdoor thermal environment and heat-related symptoms of pedestrians: An application of the UTCI for health risk assessment.- Mapping UTCI (in different scales).- Application of the UTCI in high-resolution urban climate modeling techniques.- The universal thermal climate index as an operational forecasting tool of human biometeorological conditions in Europe.- Proposed framework for establishing a global database for outdoor thermal comfort research.- Afterword.
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