TYPICAL: Paris
2003 HEAT WAVE: Paris
- Highly directional constant winds
- Night breezes might be useful for cooling the city
- Lower speed variable winds
- Non- directional
Paris is usually humid
Psychrometric chart
Wind Rose
12 AM
Air Temperature. < 30 C
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12 AM
6 PM
6 PM
6 PM
12 AM
12 AM
5 AM
Aug
Psychrometric chart
12 AM
12 AM
12 AM
Wind Rose
12 AM
12 AM
6 PM
- Heat wave was very dry
- Water bodies / Vegetation are important
5 AM
5 AM
5 AM
12 AM
12 AM
12 AM
Solar Radiation
Aug
Aug
- Cloudless and high sun intensity
- Shading is important
Solar Radiation
Aug
- Temperature was very hot
- Cool surfaces are needed to reduce the high air temperature
Air Temperature. > 30 C
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