Role of burned and unburned pine (Pinus halepensis Mill.) Areas to air temperature and thermal comfort conditions

dc.contributor.author	Matsoukis, AS	en
dc.contributor.author	Kamoutsis, AP	en
dc.contributor.author	Chronopoulos, KI	en
dc.contributor.author	Fotos, DN	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-06-06T06:50:42Z
dc.date.available	2014-06-06T06:50:42Z
dc.date.issued	2010	en
dc.identifier.issn	10184619	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://62.217.125.90/xmlui/handle/123456789/5119
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dc.subject	Artificial neural networks	en
dc.subject	Forest fires	en
dc.subject	Greece	en
dc.subject	Prefecture of ilia	en
dc.subject	Thermohygrometric index	en
dc.subject.other	air temperature	en
dc.subject.other	artificial neural network	en
dc.subject.other	burning	en
dc.subject.other	coniferous forest	en
dc.subject.other	forest fire	en
dc.subject.other	parameterization	en
dc.subject.other	relative humidity	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.subject.other	Ilia	en
dc.subject.other	Western Greece	en
dc.subject.other	Ilia	en
dc.subject.other	Pinus halepensis	en
dc.title	Role of burned and unburned pine (Pinus halepensis Mill.) Areas to air temperature and thermal comfort conditions	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.publicationDate	2010	en
heal.abstract	In this research, the impact of burned (BPF) and adjacent unburned (UPF) pine forest areas, close to the city of Amalias, Prefecture of Ilia, Greece, on air temperature and thermal comfort conditions was investigated. Air temperature and relative humidity were recorded in 2 selected sites, one each for BPF and UPF area, for the period between 11 January and 30 November 2008. Data of the previous parameters were used for the calculation of the thermohygrometric index (THI) and subsequently, thermal comfort conditions were evaluated. Also, a commonly used artificial network model, the multilayer perceptron (MLP) network was used for the estimation of THI values in the BPF, based on the respective ones in the UPF area. Higher maximum and lower minimum air temperatures were observed in the BPF area in comparison with the respective parameters in the UPF area during the summer and winter seasons. Additionally, the BPF area was disadvantageous in both summer and winter seasons, because of the detection of extreme thermal comfort conditions in a noticeably greater degree compared to UPF area. The thermal comfort conditions in BPF area, as evaluated by the THI values, can be precisely estimated on the basis of those in the UPF area by using the MLP model.	en
heal.journalName	Fresenius Environmental Bulletin	en
dc.identifier.issue	6	en
dc.identifier.volume	19	en
dc.identifier.spage	1125	en
dc.identifier.epage	1131	en