Outdoor thermal comfort study in a sub-tropical climate: a longitudinal study based in Hong Kong

• Published in: International journal of biometeorology Vol. 56; no. 1; pp. 43 - 56
• Main Authors: Cheng, Vicky, Ng, Edward, Chan, Cecilia, Givoni, Baruch
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.01.2012; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Absolute humidity; Adult; Air temperature; Animal Physiology; Biological and Medical Physics; Biophysics; China; Cities; Climate; Climate change; Climatic conditions; climatic factors; Earth and Environmental Science; Environment; Environmental conditions; Environmental Health; Female; Hong Kong; Humans; Humidity; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Meteorology; Middle Aged; Original Paper; Outdoors; Plant Physiology; Predicted Mean Vote index; Radiant flux density; Relative humidity; Sensation; Solar radiation; Subtropical climates; subtropics; summer; Sunlight; Surveys; Temperature; Thermal comfort; Thermosensing; Tropical Climate; Tropical climates; Wind; Wind effects; Wind speed; Young Adult; Hong Kong China; China; Hong Kong; China, People's Rep., Hong Kong; Outdoor comfort; Wind; Thermal comfort; Longitudinal; Hong Kong

This paper presents the findings of an outdoor thermal comfort study conducted in Hong Kong using longitudinal experiments—an alternative approach to conventional transverse surveys. In a longitudinal experiment, the thermal sensations of a relatively small number of subjects over different environm...