Principles of the New Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) and its Application to Bioclimatic Research in European Scale

During the last century about 100 indices were developed to assess influences of the atmosphere on human being. However, most of them have not close relationships with physiological reactions in man. In 1999 International Society of Biometeorology established special study group do develop new Unive...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Błażejczyk Krzysztof, Broede Peter, Fiala Dusan, Havenith George, Holmér Ingvar, Jendritzky Gerd, Kampmann Bernhardt, Kunert Anna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2010-12-01
Series:Miscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development
Subjects:
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/mgrsd-2010-0009