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George Havenith
George
Havenith
Dusan Fiala
Dusan
Fiala
Krzysztof Blazejczyk
Krzysztof
Blazejczyk
Mark Richards
Mark
Richards
Peter Broede
Peter
Broede
Ingvar Holmer
Ingvar
Holmer
Hannu Rintamaki
Hannu
Rintamaki
Yael Benshabat
Yael
Benshabat
Gerd Jendritzky
Gerd
Jendritzky
The UTCI-clothing model
Loughborough University
2012
Clothing insulation
Cold
Heat
Wind
Vapour resistance
Design Practice and Management not elsewhere classified
Atmospheric Sciences
2012-01-19 14:47:48
Journal contribution
https://repository.lboro.ac.uk/articles/journal_contribution/The_UTCI-clothing_model/9346298
The Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) was conceived as a thermal index covering the whole climate range from heat to cold. This would be impossible without considering clothing as the interface between the person (here, the physiological model of thermoregulation) and the environment. It was decided to develop a clothing model for this application in which the following three factors were considered: (1) typical dressing behaviour in different temperatures, as observed in the field, resulting in a model of the distribution of clothing over the different body segments in relation to the ambient temperature, (2) the changes in clothing insulation and vapour resistance caused by wind and body movement, and (3) the change in wind speed in relation to the height above ground. The outcome was a clothing model that defines in detail the effective clothing insulation and vapour resistance for each of the thermo-physiological model's body segments over a wide range of climatic conditions. This paper details this model's conception and documents its definitions.