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      A comparative simple method for human bioclimatic conditions applied to seasonally hot/warm cities of Mexico

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          The climate of a region is an environmental resource with important implications for things such as thermal comfort, health and productivity of the population. In this work the bioclimatic comfort was evaluated for seven seasonally warm/hot cities of Mexico by means of the following current indexes: Discomfort Index, Enthalpy Index and Heat Strain Index. Also, the periods during which it is necessary to use air conditioning in the studied cities were calculated from estimated global radiation and hourly data of temperature and relative humidity which made it possible to establish them with high precision. Finally, the useful of the Heat Strain Index is shown. It is a simple index needing available meteorological data to compare bioclimatic conditions of similar sites.

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          El clima regional tiene implicaciones en el confort, la salud y la productividad de la población. En este artículo se presentan las evaluaciones bioclimáticas comparativas de siete ciudades cálidas de México. Se aplicaron los índices bioclimáticos de disconfort, entalpia y esfuerzo frente al calor. Se calcularon los periodos para los cuales es necesario el uso de aire acondicionado, a partir de estimaciones de radiación solar global y de temperatura y humedad horarias medias mensuales. Finalmente se muestra la utilidad y calidad del Índice de esfuerzo frente al calor, el cual requiere sólo de datos climatológicos comunes para poder comparar condiciones bioclimáticas de sitios similares.

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                atm
                Atmósfera
                Atmósfera
                Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Ciencias de la Atmósfera (Ciudad de México, Ciudad de México, Mexico )
                0187-6236
                2002
                : 15
                : 1
                : 55-66
                Affiliations
                [02] Mexicali B.C. orgnameUniversidad Autónoma de Baja California orgdiv1Instituto de Ingeniería México
                [01] Xalapa Veracruz orgnameUniversidad Veracruzana orgdiv1Centro de Ciencias de la Tierra México
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                S0187-62362002000100004 S0187-6236(02)01500100004
                0b21df64-e8f9-49bd-b24b-626ac71e1d46

                This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

                History
                : 05 June 2001
                : 09 March 2001
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 36, Pages: 12
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