Research Article
Thermal Comfort for Urban Parks in Subtropics: Understanding Visitor’s Perceptions, Behavior and Attendance
Table 1
Climatic characterization of fieldwork days.
| Fieldwork date | Daily average values | Maximum DB temperature | | DB | RH | Wind speed | Solar radiation |
°C | % | m/s | MW/m2 |
°C |
°C |
| Sep. 19 | 27.4 | 74.5 | 1.3 | 1.56 | 31.2 | −2.8 | Sep. 26 | 28.1 | 76.0 | 1.0 | 1.65 | 32.4 | −1.6 | Oct. 03 | 28.1 | 75.5 | 1.5 | 1.22 | 30.7 | −1.9 | Oct. 10 | 28.2 | 71.4 | 0.8 | 1.38 | 32.1 | −0.5 | Oct. 17 | 27.9 | 69.1 | 1.0 | 1.44 | 32.3 | −0.3 | Oct. 24 | 27.1 | 73.3 | 1.1 | 1.58 | 30.8 | −1.8 | Oct. 31 | 21.2 | 61.4 | 2.6 | 1.83 | 26.2 | −6.4 | Nov. 07 | 24.4 | 77.3 | 2.0 | 1.30 | 28.0 | −0.1 | Nov. 28 | 21.5 | 68.0 | 0.8 | 1.42 | 26.4 | −1.7 | Dec. 05 | 23.1 | 67.3 | 1.0 | 1.34 | 28.4 | 0.0 | Dec. 12 | 19.7 | 72.4 | 0.9 | 1.36 | 27.0 | −1.4 | Dec. 19 | 18.2 | 65.5 | 0.6 | 1.39 | 24.3 | −4.1 | Jan. 09 | 16.6 | 73.6 | 2.9 | 1.34 | 20.0 | −2.9 | Jan. 16 | 10.3 | 68.5 | 2.8 | 0.55 | 11.5 | −11.4 |
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†Difference between daily maximum temperature on fieldwork day and monthly maximum temperature.
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