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Purpose:
Estimating wind chill index as one of the indexes effective in body comfort, specifically for athletes and tourists interested in winter sports.
Asian Journal of Sports Medicine
Sports Medicine Research Center, TUMS
e-ISSN 2008-7209
p-ISSN 2008-000X
Studying Wind Chill Index as a Climatic Index Effective on the Health of Athletes and Tourists Interested in Winter Sports
Authors
1Department of Geography, Faculty of physical geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, IR Iran
2Department of Geography and Urban Planning, University of Golestan, Gorgan, IR Iran
3Department of Geography, Islamic Azad University, Marvdasht Branch, Marvdasht IR Iran
4Department of Geography, University of Urmia, Urmia, IR Iran
*Corresponding Author: :: Department of Geography, Faculty of physical geography, University of Tehran, Tehran, IR Iran, [email protected]. Email: [email protected]
Published online:May 31, 2010
Article type:Research Article
Received:Nov 19, 2009
Accepted:Apr 20, 2010
How to Cite:Roshan G, Mirkatouli G, Shakoor A, Mohammad-Nejad V. Studying Wind Chill Index as a Climatic Index Effective on the Health of Athletes and Tourists Interested in Winter Sports. Asian J Sports Med. 2010;1(2):34861. doi: https://doi.org/10.5812/asjsm.34861
Abstract
Methods:
Meteorology data including temperature and the percentage of relative humidity of 6 synoptic stations of Chaharmahal-Bakhtiyrai province, Iran from 1990 to 2007 were extracted from Iranian Meteorology Site. In order to calculate the values of wind chill, the innovative formula of NOAA Meteorology Services Center [T (WC)= 35.74+0.6215T-35.75V+0.4275TV] was used.
Results:
After analyzing wind in all stations, it became evident that the great percentage of wind calm related to fall, and spring had the most wind distortions. In studying the mean temperature during this studying period, Koohrang station with mean of 9.8C was identified as the coldest station and Lordegan with a mean of 17C represented the warmest station of the region observed. According to degrees derived from wind chill index, Koohrang station in January with a mean of ?28.75 was known as the coldest and roughest station.
Conclusion:
Among the studied stations, Koohrang had the most intensive degrees of wind chill occurrence and Lordegan had the calmest conditions. Therefore, athletes and tourists should use warmer clothes and covers in cold seasons in Koohrang in comparison with other studied regions, in order to protect themselves from the negative effects of sudden cold and occurrence of intense wind chills.
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© 2010, Author(s). This open-access article is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which allows for unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.
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