Modeling the thermal effects of artificial turf on the urban environment

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 332-345

  Yaghoobian, Neda ^a   Kleissl, Jan ^a   Krayenhoff, E Scott ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTIFICIAL TURFS; BUILDING COOLING LOAD; BUILDING DESIGN; BUILDING ENVELOPES; BUILDING WALLS; COMMON GROUND; CONVECTION MODEL; EMBODIED ENERGY; HEAT TRANSFER MODELING; IRRIGATION WATERS; LOCAL EFFECTS; LONG-WAVE RADIATION; LOW ALBEDO; OFFLINE; RADIATIVE COOLING; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA; SUBURBAN AREAS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATE CLIMATE; URBAN AIR; URBAN CANOPIES; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; WIN-WIN;

AIR CONDITIONING; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUILDINGS; CLIMATOLOGY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; IRRIGATION; RADIATION EFFECTS; SURFACES; THREE DIMENSIONAL; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WATER CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

ALBEDO; ENERGY BALANCE; GROUND COVER; HEAT TRANSFER; LATENT HEAT FLUX; MODELING; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SUBURBAN AREA; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953507376     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JAMC2198.1     Document Type: Article

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