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- Title
A quantitative sensitivity analysis on the behaviour of common thermal indices under hot and windy conditions in Doha, Qatar.
- Authors
Fröhlich, Dominik; Matzarakis, Andreas
- Abstract
Human thermal perception is best described through thermal indices. The most popular thermal indices applied in human bioclimatology are the perceived temperature (PT), the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI), and the physiologically equivalent temperature (PET). They are analysed focusing on their sensitivity to single meteorological input parameters under the hot and windy meteorological conditions observed in Doha, Qatar. It can be noted, that the results for the three indices are distributed quite differently. Furthermore, they respond quite differently to modifications in the input conditions. All of them show particular limitations and shortcomings that have to be considered and discussed. While the results for PT are unevenly distributed, UTCI shows limitations concerning the input data accepted. PET seems to respond insufficiently to changes in vapour pressure. The indices should therefore be improved to be valid for several kinds of climates.
- Subjects
BIOCLIMATOLOGY; ATMOSPHERIC temperature; HYPOTHALAMUS; PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of temperature; BIOENERGETICS
- Publication
Theoretical & Applied Climatology, 2016, Vol 124, Issue 1-2, p179
- ISSN
0177-798X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00704-015-1410-5