Also, see Glossary, pages xi-xiii

 

 

Air moisture content, 1, 2, 9

Air velocity, 44, 217, 220, 236

 

BGT, 173

     (also see Temperature, Black Globe)

 

Carbon dioxide, 4, 218, 225,227, 228, 229, 230

Circadian rhythm, 160, 185

clo, 236, 240

Clouds, 135, 219

Collector-radiator-storage system, 219

Comfort indices, 43, 175

Comfort paradise, 19, 57, 58, 113, 173, 187-190

Condense, 9

Contour map, 43, 175, 217

 

Dangerous, 161

Diffuse (radiation), 218

Direct (radiation), 1, 43, 47, 113, 173-175, 217-219

Do-it-yourself (DIY), 159

Dry-bulb, 219, 239

DuBois body area, 236

 

Electro-magnetic radiation, 217

Evaporative cooling, 9

 

Fictional enclosure, 2, 43, 113, 160, 173, 219-221

First-Order, 3, 6

 

Global Warming, 4, 225-230

Hail, 19

Hazardous, 161, 229

Heat Index, 159, 161

Heat Sensitivity, 159, 160

Heat Stress, 175, 189, 219, 239, 240, 244

Humidity, 2, 9, 19, 161, 221

 

Infrared, 218, 228

International Standards Organization, 2

ISMCS, 3, 4, 19,186, 227, 239, 243

Isoline, 5, 43

Isotherm, 15, 174, 187, 189, 217

Isothermal, 44, 218

 

Little Ice Age, 227, 231

Local Standard Time, 2, 43, 113, 135, 173, 187, 241

 

Majority vote, 44

Mega-cities, 4, 225

Metabolic rate, 2, 44, 159-161, 236

Meteorological, 3

Micron, 218

Midday, 2-3, 57-58, 173-174, 187, 189, 218

Mobile home, 219, 221

 

Neutral values, 113

NOAA, 186, 239, 243-244

Off-scale, 175

Out-of-range, 186

Physiological comfort, 2

PPD, 2, 44, 57

Predicted Mean Vote, 1-2, 43-44

Predicted Percentage Dissatisfied, 44, 57

 

Rain, 19, 57, 219, 226-227

Rainfall, 19, 58, 226

Reflected (radiation), 1-2, 43, 57, 113, 173, 218, 225

Regression (equation), 160, 174-175

 

Saturation, 10

Sedentary, 1-2, 44, 159-160, 185, 219, 222

Sleet, 19, 58

Snow depth, 3-4, 19-20, 187

Snowfall, 20

Solar rays, 43, 173-174, 217, 228

Sunrise, 2-3, 10, 113, 185

Sunset, 3, 135, 190

Sunshine, 161, 189

 

Temperature,

     apparent, 159, 161

     black globe, 174, 188, 217, 219

     mean radiant, 1-2, 44, 113, 135, 160, 174, 217, 219, 236

       Thermal,

     comfort, 221-223

     radiation, 217-218

Thermometer, 10, 219

Troposphere, 228-229

 

Ultraviolet, 218

Urban heat island, 4, 225, 227-229

 

Vernon Black Globe Thermometer, 219

Visible (radiation), 218

 

Water vapor, 218, 236

Wind velocity, 4, 159-161, 173