Urban shading - A design option for the tropics? A study in Colombo, Sri Lanka

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1995-2004

  Emmanuel, Rohinton ^a   Rosenlund, H ^b   Johansson, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MORATUWA   (Sri Lanka)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

'ENVI met'; 'Shadow umbrella'; Albedo; Coastal cities; PET; Thermal comfort; Urban morphology; Urban vegetation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; SOFTWARE PACKAGES; THERMAL COMFORT; TROPICS; WIND EFFECTS;

ALBEDO; SHADE ENHANCEMENT; STREET-LEVEL WIND FLOW; URBAN VEGETATION;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; HEAT ISLAND; HUMID TROPICS; MICROCLIMATE; SOFTWARE; STREET CANYON; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN CLIMATE; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

ASIA; COLOMBO; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; WESTERN PROVINCE [SRI LANKA];

EID: 36549090499     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1609     Document Type: Conference Paper

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