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Sea Breeze Climate and Human Thermal Comfort over Gaza, Palestine |
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| Creator | 1. Z. Al Abadla 2. Uwe Schlink 3. M. M. Abdel Wahab 4. S. M. Robaa |
| Title | Sea Breeze Climate and Human Thermal Comfort over Gaza, Palestine |
| Publisher | Thai Society of Higher Education Institutes on Environment |
| Publication Year | 2562 |
| Journal Title | EnvironmentAsia |
| Journal Vol. | 12 |
| Journal No. | 2 |
| Page no. | 136-144 |
| Keyword | Sea Breeze, Comfort Index, Outdoor Environment, PET, UTCI, Gaza Strip, Palestine |
| URL Website | http://www.tshe.org/ea/index.html |
| Website title | EnvironmentAsia |
| ISSN | 1906-1714 |
| Abstract | The purpose of this study is to examine the sea breeze climate and thermal human comfort in Gaza, Palestine. Analyses are based on weather data gathered at Gaza weather station. Considering the limitation of meteorological observation, the meteorological data used to represent the outdoor environment were obtained from the Palestinian meteorological department over 12 years periods (1995-2006). Summarizing the results, the average starting and ending times of sea breeze found between 09:00 and 15:00 UTC. Starts from March to October, with mean velocity of 3 m/s reaching a maximum at about 1500 UTC with 4.2 m/s. Spring and summer months have the most sea breeze, while nil in winter months. Lifted condensation level (LCL) at spring and summer of about 742 m and 650 m respectively. The LCL is less than the limits required for inland distance penetration of the sea breeze according to the depth of the unstable layer. Physiologically equivalent temperature (PET) observed to varied between (34.9กC) during summer months, while (15.7 กC) during winter. Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI) indicated strong thermal stress during July and August months, while at the rest of the year felt under no thermal stress to moderate thermal stress. The study was suggested that, the better comfortable level found during sea breeze hours at summer months. |
