Saving energy and improving air quality in urban heat islands

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1044, Issue , 2008, Pages 192-208

  Akbari, Hashem ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 54049128900     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2993720     Document Type: Conference Paper

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