Abstract
We produced a portable and handy measurement system, which can measure both meteorological (air temperature, humidity, long and short wave radiation, wind velocity) and physiological (skin temperature, tympanic temperature, pulsation, rate of acceleration, thermal sensation) parameters. Using this measurement system, an observation along subjects' path ways was conducted during summer, from August 22-24, 2011, at the city of Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture, which is one of the hottest locations in Japan. From this observation, 1) detailed thermal environmental and physiological maps were made, which can detect localized hot and cool spots and their impacts for human health, 2) the close relation between subjects' measurements and conductive heat loss from their bodies was found. When they stopped walking, since their metabolic heat still remain higher, it cause tympanic temperature increased, 3) sweat rate had a correlation with the thermal load (SET*). The gender and BMI were also found to influence on the physio-meteorological relationships mentioned above.
