درجة الحرارة و إحساس الإنسان بالحالة المناخية : دراسة في المناخ التطبيقي

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Objective : this study deals with the effect of temperature on humans and their comfort by studying the climatic factors such as temperature and relative humidity from a geographic aspect.

this study explained the thermal comfort index used to determin_e the comfort levels.

methods : this study aims to apply both the thom's thermal discomfort and the effective temperature index to find out the variation in the states of comfort and thermal discomfort.

this study relied on the climatic data from kuwait international airport station 1996 to 2009.

results : the study reached a set of results such as the months of January, February and December are characterized by a state of discomfort, where the effective temperature from 12.84 to 14.55, then the effective temperature begins to rise from March when it reaches its highest value in July 29.62.

While in Thom's Index, January, and December both characterized by discomfort 14.7.

the mild weather prevails during the months of February, March, and April during the spring season, ranges between relative comfort and complete comfort, where the average is 18.52.

conclusion : the study indicated that climatic elements such as temperature, and relative humidity play an important role in a human's feeling of comfort or discomfort.