Connection between urban heat island and sky view factor approximated by a software tool on a 3D urban database

International Journal of Environment and Pollution

Volumn 36, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 59-80

  Unger, János ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

3D urban database; Computer algorithm; Hungary; Linear regression; Sample area; Sky view factor; SVF; Szeged; UHI; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; DATABASE SYSTEMS; LINEAR REGRESSION;

HUNGARY; SAMPLE AREAS; SKY VIEW FACTOR; SZEGED; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

URBAN GROWTH;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGORITHM; DATABASE; HEAT ISLAND; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGORITHM; ANALYTIC METHOD; CALCULATION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA BASE; GEOMETRY; HEAT; METEOROLOGY; REVIEW; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; URBAN AREA;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

EID: 57349163737     PISSN: 09574352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijep.2009.021817     Document Type: Review

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