Numerical study on the effect of buildings on temperature variation in urban and suburban areas in Tokyo

Journal of the Meteorological Society of Japan

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 921-937

  Tokairin, Takayuki ^a,b   Kondo, Hiroaki ^a   Yoshikado, Hiroshi ^a   Genchi, Yutaka ^a   Ihara, Tomohiko ^a   Kikegawa, Yukihiro ^c   Hirano, Yujiro ^d   Asahi, Kazutake ^e  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b BUILDING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c MEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e MIZUHO INFORMATION AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BUILDING; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; KANTO; TOKYO [KANTO];

EID: 33846082319     PISSN: 00261165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2151/jmsj.84.921     Document Type: Article

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