Microclimatic modeling of the urban thermal environment of Singapore to mitigate urban heat island

Solar Energy

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 727-745

  Priyadarsini, Rajagopalan ^a   Hien, Wong Nyuk ^b   Wai David, Cheong Kok ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

CFD; Fa ade materials; Geometry; Temperature; Urban heat island; Velocity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

OUTDOOR AIR TEMPERATURE; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

AIRFLOW; CANYON; CLIMATE MODELING; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; GEOMETRY; HEAT ISLAND; MICROCLIMATE; URBAN AREA; WIND VELOCITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 45049087817     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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