Mobile comparison data and analysis between a new low-cost meteorological device and the Technical University of Dresden Chair of Meteorology's backpack meteorological device

This dataset provides mobile comparison data from Tharandt and Dresden, Germany, which was used to demontrate the suitability of a new low-cost and user-friendly meteorological device for the purpose of thermal comfort mapping. The new device was compared to an established high-end backpack-mounted device from the Dresden University of Technology (TUD) Chair of Meteorology, Germany. The main sensors for comparison were: the low-cost SHT 85 Sensirion sensor vs. the high-cost WXT520 for air temperature and relative humdity and the low-cost SR2AD pyranometer vs. the high-cost SKS 1110 pyranometer. The ability of each device to predict the Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI), calculated using the software RayMan Pro, was also compared.