Nocturnal heat island effect in urban residential developments of Hong Kong

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 964-971

  Giridharan, R ^a   Lau, S S Y ^a   Ganesan, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Design variables; Height to floor area ratio; High rise and high density and Hong Kong; Nocturnal urban heat island effect; Sky view factor; Surface albedo; Urban geometry

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT STORAGE; RADIATION EFFECTS; THERMOANALYSIS; URBAN PLANNING;

DESIGN VARIABLES; HEIGHT-TO-FLOOR AREA RATIO; HIGH-RISE AND HIGH DENSITY; HONG KONG; NOCTURNAL URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT; SKY VIEW FACTOR; SURFACE ALBEDO; URBAN GEOMETRY; URBAN HEAT ISLAND (UHI);

THERMAL EFFECTS;

EID: 23744442944     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2004.12.005     Document Type: Article

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