Computing continuous sky view factors using 3D urban raster and vector databases: Comparison and application to urban climate

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 95, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 111-123

  Gál, Tamás ^a   Lindberg, F ^b   Unger, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DATABASE; GEOMETRY; RASTER; URBAN CLIMATE; VECTOR;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FEJER; HUNGARY; SZEGED;

EID: 59249090036     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-007-0362-9     Document Type: Article

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