Monday, 14 July 2025

Human Thermal Load in Anticyclonic Weather Situations of Köppen Climate Type Cfb | Chapter 4 | Current Research on Geography, Earth Science and Environment Vol. 2

 

Aims: To quantify human thermal load caused by anticyclonic weather types in the Köppen climate type Cfb by using the clothing resistance-operative temperature model.

 

Study Design: The location, the data, and the important information related to data collection and modelling were presented, and then the results were described and discussed.

 

Place and Duration of Study: Martonvásár (Hungary, Central Europe), in the period 2017-2025.

 

Methodology: The methodology of 1) measuring sweating rate (the weighing scale accuracy is 0,1 kg), and 2) longitudinal data collection, was presented. After this, the basic equations of the model were applied.

 

Results: The most important results are as follows: 1) The highest heat deficit values ​​for the Cfb climate are around 3-4 [clo-t]. They are expected in the early morning hours in winter when the sky is clear. 2) In winter, the lowest heat deficit values ​​(between 0.2 -- 1.6 [clo-t]) are in the so-called "convective anticyclonic" weather situations. These data refer to a person whose body shape is as close to mesomorphic body shape as possible and is walking at a speed of 1.1 ms-1. 3) In summer, heat excess values ​​can be very high during midday hours, so high that they exceed the capacity of regulatory sweating. This statement applies to a person in a lying position, and 4) the concept of compensatory sweating (λEswcomp) was defined to characterise excess heat in summer. Based on the simulations, the maximum λEswcomp values ​​are around 500-580 Wm-2.

 

Conclusion: Our conclusions are as follows: 1) the radiation conditions (cloudiness in the morning and solar radiation around midday) referring to the Cfb climate type are essential from the point of view of human thermal load. 2) In Cfb climates, human thermal load in summer cannot be estimated without estimating sweating.

Author(s) Details

Ferenc Ács
Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter Sétány 1/A., 1117 Budapest, Hungary.

 

Erzsébet Kristóf
Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter Sétány 1/A., 1117 Budapest, Hungary.

 

Please see the book here:- https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/crgese/v2/5856

 

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