A computer system to support Albedo Calculation in urban areas

Building and Environment

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1213-1221

  Chimklai, Parichart ^a   Hagishima, Aya ^a   Tanimoto, Jun ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albedo; Albedo characteristic; GUI based application; Numerical experiment

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SECURITY SYSTEMS; URBAN PLANNING;

ALBEDO CALCULATION MODEL (ACM); URBAN AREAS; URBAN CANOPY;

BUILDING MATERIALS;

ALBEDO; COMPUTER SYSTEM; URBAN AREA;

EID: 2642553755     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2004.02.006     Document Type: Article

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