Microclimate Field Measurements for Thermal Comfort in a Sunken Plaza

Field measurements of microclimatic parameters for model calibration and validation. The data includes air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and black globe temperature, collected at pedestrian height in a sunken plaza-type entrance. The dataset was created by xiaochun hong and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Calibrating or validating microclimate simulation models based on the measured air temperature and relative humidity.
• Analyzing spatial variations in thermal comfort within a sunken space based on data from six distinct measurement points.
• Evaluating the impact of vertical enclosure on outdoor thermal conditions based on black globe temperature measurements.
• Assessing pedestrian-level thermal comfort near walls, stairs, and vegetation based on wind speed and temperature data.

Strengths

• Includes four key microclimatic parameters relevant to thermal comfort evaluation.
• Measurements were taken at a standardized pedestrian height of approximately 1.5 meters.
• Data captures spatial differences from six points covering central, wall-adjacent, stair-related, corner, and vegetated zones.
• Focuses on a specific, well-described urban typology: a sunken plaza with a depth of about 7.5 meters and full vertical enclosure.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is small (593.7 KB), indicating a limited scope of measurements.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Field measurements conducted at a representative sunken plaza-type entrance.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 02:42:55; freshness should be verified.