Building surfaces and their effect on the urban thermal environment

Architectural Science Review

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 345-356

  Priyadarsini, R ^a   Wong, N H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Building materials; CBD area; CFD Sumulations; Energy; Reflectance; Surface temperature; Urban heat island; Velocity

Indexed keywords

EID: 30544453074     PISSN: 00038628     EISSN: 17589622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3763/asre.2005.4842     Document Type: Article

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