A microscale three-dimensional urban energy balance model for studying surface temperatures

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 433-461

  Krayenhoff, Scott E ^a   Voogt, James A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Microclimate; Model validation; Radiative exchange; Surface temperature; Thermal remote sensing; Urban energy balance model

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT RADIATION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR RADIATION;

THERMAL ANISOTROPY; URBAN ENERGY BALANCE MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATOLOGY; HEAT CONDUCTION; HEAT CONVECTION; HEAT RADIATION; HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOLAR RADIATION;

ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; MICROCLIMATE; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN CLIMATE;

EID: 34249907539     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-006-9153-6     Document Type: Article

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