Estimating heat flux transmission of vertical greenery ecosystem

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1112-1122

  Jim, C Y ^a   He, Hongming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Diffuse solar radiation; Direct solar radiation; Global solar radiation; Green wall; Heat flux; Thermal shielding coefficient; Thermodynamics transmission model (TTM); Vertical greening

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSE SOLAR RADIATION; DIRECT SOLAR RADIATION; GLOBAL SOLAR RADIATION; GREEN WALL; THERMAL SHIELDING COEFFICIENT; VERTICAL GREENING;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; HEAT SHIELDING; RAIN; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS); WATER SUPPLY;

HEAT FLUX;

CANOPY REFLECTANCE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GREENBELT; HEAT FLUX; INNOVATION; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMODYNAMICS; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION COVER;

EID: 79958019189     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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