TY - JOUR PY - 1976// TI - Athletic field microclimates and heat stress JO - Journal of safety research A1 - Schacht, CA A1 - Krahenbuhl, G. S. A1 - Kandelin, WW SP - 106 EP - 111 VL - 8 IS - 3 N2 - Two adjacent practice fields located on the Manoa campus of the University of why he served as the data collection sites for a comparison of microclimate temperatures over natural grass and Tartan Turf surfaces. Dry bulb temperature, solar radiation, wind velocity, and relative humidity data were collected for a 21-day period in late September and early October. The results indicated that synthetic turf was hotter to touch and that the dry bulb, wet bulb, and discomfort indices were consistently warmer than those observed over natural grass. The findings suggest that body heat stress may be higher when practice and competition take place on synthetic turf.

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