On the use of cool materials as a heat island mitigation strategy

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2846-2856

  Synnefa, A ^a   Dandou, A ^a   Santamouris, M ^a   Tombrou, M ^a   Soulakellis, N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOLAR RADIATION;

AMBIENT AIR TEMPERATURE; HEAT ISLAND MAGNITUDE; OPTICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY; PLANNING REGULATIONS; SPATIAL REPRESENTATIONS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ALBEDO; AMBIENT AIR; ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOLING; HEAT ISLAND; NUMERICAL MODEL; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN PLANNING;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 65349156979     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1830.1     Document Type: Article

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