Inclusion of an Ultraviolet Radiation Transfer Component in an Urban Forest Effects Model for Predicting Tree Influences on Potential Below-Canopy Exposure to UVB Radiation

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5156, Issue , 2003, Pages 228-235

  Heisler, Gordon M ^a   Grant, Richard H ^b   Nowak, David J ^a   Gao, Wei ^c   Crane, Daniel E ^a   Walton, Jeffrey T ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer modeling; Hemispherical photos; Human disease; Human thermal comfort; urban forest influences

Indexed keywords

CANOPY EXPOSURE; HEMISPHERICAL PHOTOS; HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT; URBAN FOREST INFLUENCES; UVB RADIATION;

AIR POLLUTION; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY; HEALTH RISKS; MEDICINE; METEOROLOGY; TUMORS; VEGETATION;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 2342616273     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.509193     Document Type: Conference Paper

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