JAPANESE JOURNAL OF BIOMETEOROLOGY
Online ISSN : 1347-7617
Print ISSN : 0389-1313
ISSN-L : 0389-1313
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Volume 50, Issue 1
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Review
  • Development in moisture sensation caused by clothing textiles
    Hitomi Ushioda
    2013 Volume 50 Issue 1 Pages 3-9
    Published: 2013
    Released on J-STAGE: May 11, 2013
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11227/seikisho.50.3
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    The moistness of clothing is a factor which influences greatly the clothing comfort. The researches on a moisture sensation of clothing are outlined, and the factors are reported. If clothing textiles carry out moistness, physical properties of clothing textiles will change. When the wetting clothing are worn, thermoregulatory responses differ by whether it has absorbed moisture or it has adsorbed water. The physical properties of the clothing textiles which affect the moisture sensation are shown. The condition of the water which exists in the surface of clothing textiles and the temperature changes of clothing textiles by the water adsorption/the moisture absorption are related with moisture sensation. Therefore, it is surmised that moisture sensation of wetting clothes is perceived as combined temperature sensation with touch sensation.
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  • Field investigation of the behavior for getting the coolness of houses in Kyoto City, Japan, during summer
    —Practical use of audio-visual stimuli etc. in houses—
    Makoto Fukusaka, Naoki Matsubara, Tomoaki Sawashima, Yoshiaki Yamato, ...
    2013 Volume 50 Issue 1 Pages 11-21
    Published: 2013
    Released on J-STAGE: May 11, 2013
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11227/seikisho.50.11
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    The purpose of this study is to clarify the effect of the possibility of mitigating the discomfort of heat by the audio-visual stimuli. The field study was conducted in Kyoto city. The results were the followings;
    1) Using the process of appraisal coping with environment for residents, we tried to interpret the diversity of adaptive behavior to get the coolness and the thermal environment accepting the heat of the summer.
    2) Positive perception and overall satisfaction for the environment is considered to make residents accept the discomfort of heat.
    3) From the usage of air conditioning and the behavior to get the coolness, the changes in location and structure of houses act as a decisive factor for determinants of the air conditioning in addition to the thermal environment, behavior and awareness of residents.
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  • Effects of large green park on urban atmospheric cooling during nighttime
    —Meteorological observations around the Osaka Castle Park—
    Yoshinori Shigeta, Toshiyuki Takaoka, Yukitaka Ohashi, Yukihiro Kikega ...
    2013 Volume 50 Issue 1 Pages 23-35
    Published: 2013
    Released on J-STAGE: May 11, 2013
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11227/seikisho.50.23
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    The cool-island phenomena were observed at Osaka Castle Park on August 1-15, 2007. The surface-air temperature inside the park was nocturnally lower than that around urban areas. The cool-island intensity was more than +2.0°C during 4–5 JST. The cooler air generated inside the park extended downwind at the distance of about 250 m. Next, we compared the atmospheric cooling amounts on the forest area with that on the lawn area. As a result, it was suggested that the cooler air over the forest canopy subsided into and accumulated on the ground surface.
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  • Field observation on influence of mountains and rivers on urban air temperature distribution in Gujo-Hachiman as intermediate and mountainous area
    Katsumi Ishida, Kouichi Munehiro, Takuma Matsusita, Tetsumi Horikoshi
    2013 Volume 50 Issue 1 Pages 37-47
    Published: 2013
    Released on J-STAGE: May 11, 2013
    DOIhttps://doi.org/10.11227/seikisho.50.37
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    There are few observation examples of climatology in the city of the intermediate and mountainous area that occupies about 65% area of Japan. In order to perform city planning in which local resources were harnessed, it is thought important to know an urban climate. The objective of this paper is to observe formation of a heat island in Gujo-Hachiman of Gifu Prefecture and to clarify the influence of the existence of a river and mountain land on the urban climate of a built-up area. Climatic observations were carried out on August 23, 2007. Twenty-seven observation points were set up. The mobile observations were conducted in four time zones, 8:30, 13:00, 16:30 and 21:00. As a result, formation of the heat island with the heat island intensity of 5.0C was observed at daytime and the intensity of 1.8°C at night. Except the data along the river, there was correlation between possible sunshine duration and air temperature in each observation point. In the neighborhood with the ravine from mountain land, it was found out that spread of cool air from the ravine forms the low-temperature region. Along the river, the low-temperature region was formed through one day by the heat capacity of a water object and the influence of cold air from the upper stream.
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