Study on evaporative cooling effect of roof lawn gardens

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 653-666

  Onmura, S ^a   Matsumoto, M ^a   Hokoi, S ^a  

^a Asanuma Corporation   (Japan)

Author keywords

Evaporative cooling effect; Field measurement; Roof lawn garden; Simultaneous transport model of heat and moisture; Wind tunnel experiment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COOLING; EVAPORATION; HEAT FLUX; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EVAPORATIVE COOLING EFFECTS; ROOF LAWN GARDENS;

ROOFS;

EID: 0035451880     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-7788(00)00134-1     Document Type: Article

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