Assessing the solar resource in forested urban environments: Results from the use of a photographic-computational method

Architectural Science Review

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-123

  Canton M A ^a,b   Mesa, A ^a,b   Cortegoso, J L ^a,b   de Rosa, C ^a,b  

^a Laboratorio de Ambiente Humano y Vivienda (LAHV)   (United States)

^b Scientific and Technological Research Regional (CRICYT) (Scientific and Technological Research Regional Center)   (United States)

Author keywords

Forested urban environments; Photographic computational method; Solar resource

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038177880     PISSN: 00038628     EISSN: 17589622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00038628.2003.9696973     Document Type: Article

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