How's the Weather? : Find Your Outdoors Comfort Paradise in the U. S.

by Kennedy, James L.

• ISBN13: 9780970312303
• ISBN10: 097031230X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-02-01
• Publisher: Ask Analytic Services Inc

Table of Contents

Foreword and Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	ix
Glossary	xi
Introduction	1	(6)
SECTION 1 A QUICK GUIDE TO BASIC CLIMATE	7	(34)
Dew Point Temperature...	9	(6)
A Bird's-Eye View of July Temperature	15	(4)
Average Monthly Precipitation and Snow Depth	19	(22)
SECTION 2 WHEN THE SUN IS HIGH OVERHEAD	41	(70)
A Bird's-Eye View of MAXTMP Leisure Thermal Comfort	43	(14)
MAXTMP Leisure Thermal Comfort Tables	57	(54)
SECTION 3 WHEN THE SUN IS NEAR THE HORIZON...	111	(46)
MINTMP Leisure Thermal Comfort Tables	113	(22)
AVETMP Leisure Thermal Comfort Tables	135	(22)
SECTION 4 DO-IT-YOURSELF PMVSHADE AND PMVSUN ESTIMATING	157	(34)
Leisure Thermal Comfort In-The-Shade	159	(14)
Leisure Thermal Comfort In-The-Sun	173	(12)
Advanced PMVShade and PMVSun Applications	185	(6)
SECTION 5 TOPICS OFF THE BEATEN PATH	191	(42)
MINTMP Correlation with Dew Point Temperature	193	(24)
About Thermal Radiation	217	(4)
Factors That Increase Indoors Humidity	221	(4)
Urban Heat Islands, Carbon Dioxide and Global Warming	225	(8)
APPENDICES	233	(12)
Appendix 1 Fanger Comfort Equations and Conditions	235	(4)
Appendix 2 Discussion of Heat Stress	239	(2)
Appendix 3 Local Standard Times for MINTMP, MAXTMP and AVETMP	241	(2)
Appendix 4 On-Line Weather Information from the Internet	243	(2)
Index	245