Urban thermal environment measurements and numerical simulation for an actual complex urban area covering a large district heating and cooling system in summer

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 34, 2005, Pages 6362-6375

  Huang, Hong ^a   Ooka, Ryozo ^a   Kato, Shinsuke ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complex urban area; Numerical simulation; Urban thermal environment

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; DISPERSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEATING; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COMPLEX URBAN AREA; SULTRY NIGHTS; URBAN THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; URBANIZATION;

AIR QUALITY;

AIR QUALITY; DISPERSION; HEAT FLUX; HEAT ISLAND;

ARTICLE; COOLING; HEATING; HUMIDITY; JAPAN; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; URBAN AREA; VELOCITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO]; WORLD;

EID: 26044442511     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2005.07.018     Document Type: Article

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