Index Bioclimatic "Wind-Chill"

• Main Author: Teodoreanu Elena
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Alexandru Ioan Cuza University Press, Iasi, Romania 2015-05-01
• Series: Present Environment and Sustainable Development
• Subjects: Index bioclimatic; Thermoregulation; Thermal discomfort; Freezing body
• Online Access: http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/pesd.2015.9.issue-1/pesd-2015-0017/pesd-2015-0017.xml?format=INT

This paper presents an important bioclimatic index which shows the influence of wind on the human body thermoregulation. When the air temperature is high, the wind increases thermal comfort. But more important for the body is the wind when the air temperature is low. When the air temperature is lower and wind speed higher, the human body is threatening to freeze faster. Cold wind index is used in Canada, USA, Russia (temperature "equivalent" to the facial skin) etc., in the weather forecast every day in the cold season. The index can be used and for bioclimatic regionalization, in the form of skin temperature index.