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View 1 excerpt, cites methods. View 1 excerpt, references methods. The physiological equivalent temperature — a universal index for the biometeorological assessment of the thermal environment. One of the fundamental issues in human biometeorology is the assessment of the atmospheric environment in a thermophysiologically meaningful and useful way.

Due to the fact that air temperature is … Expand. View 1 excerpt, references background. Wind-chill-equivalent temperatures: regarding the impact due to the variability of the environmental convective heat transfer coefficient. UTCI-Fiala multi-node model of human heat transfer and temperature regulation. Modelling radiation fluxes in simple and complex environments—application of the RayMan model.

View 2 excerpts, references methods. The UTCI-clothing model. A model analysing the urban thermal environment in physiologically significant terms. SummaryTraditional heat island studies usually do not include bioclimatic aspects and are therefore of limited use to planners.

We suggest a quantitative model for the assessment of the thermal urban … Expand. Highly Influential. View 5 excerpts, references methods. In COST Action , a multi-segmental thermophysiological model was used to describe physiological strain reactions for different climatic conditions in order to develop a 'Universal Thermal Climate … Expand.

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