Applying Thermal Comfort Indices to Investigate Aspects  of the Climate in Greece

Marc J. Assael; Konstantinos E. Kakosimos; Konstantinos D. Antoniadis; John-Alexander M. Assael

doi:10.15866/irephy.v10i6.12068

Applying Thermal Comfort Indices to Investigate Aspects of the Climate in Greece

Marc J. Assael^(1*), Konstantinos E. Kakosimos⁽²⁾, Konstantinos D. Antoniadis⁽³⁾, John-Alexander M. Assael⁽⁴⁾

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Abstract

In this work two thermal comfort indices are employed to study climate variations in Greece at three levels. Initially, newly-calculated Predicted Mean Vote index values for 35 cities in Greece for the years 2008-2009 are compared with previous ones for the years 1980-89. The comparison shows increased values, indicating the probability of a very hot decade to come. Following this the Discomfort Index is employed to show differences in climate between the north, center and south of Greece. Finally, at a more local level, it is shown how Discomfort Index values can be employed to evaluate climate differences in urban areas as well as rural.
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Discomfort Index; Greece; Predicted Mean Vote Index

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