Application of Universal Thermal Climate Index in Iran from tourism perspective

Abstract

Today, the planner of the tourism industry, the situation of human bioclimatic plays an important role. In this industry can be long-term planning in the planning of climate and atmospheric condition was short. An analysis of data to assess the situation daily mean temperature, relative humidity, wind speed and cloud cover 47 synoptic stations since the beginning of 2010 were established. Based on the temperature threshold indicator (UTCI) to Iran for annual and seasonal climatic atlas was friendly. The results of this study showed that the annual distribution UTCI in Iran with reduced height so that in the highlands of the Zagros and Alborz is minimal. Days without thermal stress generally increase from the lowlands to the highlands, indicating a major influence of topography on climatic comfort in Iran. In summer and high mountain areas of maximum comfort days (79 days) has enjoyed, while the northern and southern shores and Dasht-e Lut during winter and autumn maximum comfort days (38 days) have experienced. Spring in most areas of favorable conditions prevailed comfort. During this season of comfort in mountainous areas Most days (83 days) occurred. Thus, thermal comfort in the spring largest area where Iran is taken and given to the unstable distribution of at least (20 days) and maximum (83 days) days of comfort in this season, tourists and tourism can use your trips to different regions of Iran plan.

Keywords

• tourism
• human bioclimatic
• utci
• thermal comfort
• iran