SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS OF THERMAL COMFORT IN THE ASSIR REGION (KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA)

Abstract

: Human physiological comfort depends on several criteria. In geography, we try to focus on the concept of climate comfort, which is particularly controlled by temperatures.Although these conditions the various anthropogenic activities such as tourism, this subject is not often addressed by researchers in Saudi Arabia. To make up for this, we try to do it in Aseer. Motivated by the future of this province which wants to be a tourist destination privileged. The spatial and temporal analysis of the thermal comfort allows besides the knowledge of the detailed thermal truth of this province, to search for possible complementarities to the spatial and temporal scales. To achieve this main objective, we statistically process the average, maximum and minimum thermal data of four stations recorded during the period 1985-2020. The results discussed and graphically illustrated reveal the existence of a spatial and-temporal calendar that can be implemented for the «comfort» of this «climatic island».