Green roof hydrology: Results from a small-scale lysimeter setup (Bronx, NY)

Low Impact Development 2010: Redefining Water in the City - Proceedings of the 2010 International Low Impact Development Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1328-1341

  DiGiovanni, Kimberly ^a   Gaffin, Stuart ^b   Montalto, Franco ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrology; New York; New York City; Roofs; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

APPROPRIATE TECHNIQUES; ETHICAL CULTURE; EXPERIMENTAL EQUIPMENTS; GREEN ROOF; NEW YORK; NEW YORK CITY; ON-GOING MONITORING; SMALL SCALE; SOIL MOISTURE SENSORS; STORM DEPTH; STORM EVENTS; STORMWATER RETENTION; TIPPING BUCKET; WATER FLUX;

ESTIMATION; GAGES; HYDROLOGY; LYSIMETERS; MOISTURE CONTROL; MONITORING; ROOFS; RUNOFF; SOIL MOISTURE; STORMS; VEGETATION; WATER SUPPLY;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EID: 77954937544     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/41099(367)114     Document Type: Conference Paper

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