Humidex {ThermIndex} | R Documentation |
Calculates the Thermal Comfort Index Humidex for daily or hourly data series, based on the formula purposed by Masterton and Richardson (1979).
humidex(temp,ur)
temp |
Numerical Vector of Mean Temperature Values in celsius |
ur |
Numerical Vector of Relative Humidity in percentual |
Numerical vectors containing the Humidex Index Values
Francisco Jablinski Castelhano - Laboclima/Univesidade Federal do ParanĂ¡
Masterton,J.M., Richardson,F.A.,Humidex ; a method of quantifying human discomfort due to excessive heat and humidity,Environment Canada,1979
https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/phys_agents/humidex.html
##----Performing the Humidex calculation
humidex(temp=21.2,ur = 97)