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Record Nr.

UNINA9910460699203321

Autore

Auliciems Andris

Titolo

The atmospheric environment : a study of comfort and performance / / Andris Auliciems

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] : , : Published for the University of Toronto Department of Geography by the University of Toronto Press, , 1972

©1972

ISBN

1-4426-5640-9

1-4426-3310-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 p.)

Collana

University of Toronto Department of Geography Research Publications ; ; 8

Disciplina

612/.01446

Soggetti

Temperature - Physiological effect

Human beings - Effect of climate on

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Tables -- Illustrations -- Introduction -- I. The problem and its background -- II. Methods -- III. Results and conclusions -- Appendices -- Bibliography

Sommario/riassunto

In this study energy-exchange processes and climatic influences are examined in relation to thermal comfort and work efficiency as exemplified in a schoolroom situation. The investigation tests fundamental hypotheses on meterotropisms and optimal thermal environments and demonstrates how daily variations within atmospheric environments are considerably more important than had been previously suspected. It also describes the experimental use of a variety of microclimatic instruments and thermal indices in conjunction with psychological tests of continuous mental performance. The Atmospheric Environment treats a complex problem from a broad multi-disciplinary standpoint and is of particular interest to climatologists, psychologists, teachers and educational administrators, heating and ventilating engineers, and to all concerned with environmental management.(Department of Geography Research



Publications 8).