An evaluation of increasing building height in respect of thermal climate in a high density city in South Asia using numerical modeling

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 401-406

  Kakon, Anisha Noori ^a   Mishima, Nobuo ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mean radiant temperature; Sky view factor; Thermal climate; Urban canyon

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; NUMERICAL MODELS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

HIGH POPULATION DENSITY; HIGH-DENSITY CITIES; MEAN RADIANT TEMPERATURE; SKY VIEW FACTOR; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; THERMAL CLIMATE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELING; URBAN CANYONS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

EID: 72049119386     PISSN: 13467581     EISSN: 13472852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3130/jaabe.8.401     Document Type: Article

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