Original title: Physiological equivalent temperature as an indicator of the UHI effect with the city of Prague as an example
Authors: Zahradníček, Pavel ; Žák, M. ; Skalák, Petr
Document type: Papers
Conference/Event: International Conference on Mendel and Bioclimatology, Brno (CZ), 20140903
Year: 2016
Language: eng
Abstract: Description of an Urban Heat Island (UHI) using the difference in air temperature is one of the world's most studied characteristics. If, however, one wants to express how the temperature is perceived by humans, one must consider the overall effect of air temperature, wind speed, air humidity and radiation flows, which is expressed using temperature bioclimatological indexes. One of them is the socalled physiological equivalent temperature (PET), which is used for quantification of the overall effect of meteorological parameters combined with human energetic balance and which is perceived by humans. The RayMan (MATZARAKIS et al. 2007, 2010) microscale models in the city of Prague were used to simulate biometeorological conditions describing the effect on humans using PET.
Keywords: model; physiological equivalent temperature; Prague; RayMan; uhi
Project no.: EE2.3.20.0248
Funding provider: GA MŠk
Host item entry: Mendel and Bioclimatology, ISBN 978-80-7509-397-4

Institution: Global Change Research Institute AS ČR (web)
Document availability information: Fulltext is available at the institute of the Academy of Sciences.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0270446

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