The influence of urban canopy configuration on urban albedo

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 225-242

  Kondo, A ^a   Ueno, M ^a   Kaga, A ^a   Yamaguchi, K ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albedo; Longwave radiation; Monte Carlo method; Sky view factor; Software radiation; Urban canopy

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHOTONS; RADIATION EFFECTS; URBAN PLANNING;

RADIATION FLUX;

METEOROLOGY;

ALBEDO; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 0035426833     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019243326464     Document Type: Article

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