Developing a modified typical meteorological year weather file for Hong Kong taking into account the urban heat island effect

Building and Environment

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2434-2441

  Chan, A L S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Building energy simulation; EnergyPlus; Typical meteorological year; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BUILDING ENERGY; BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATIONS; DATA SETS; DRY BULBS; ENERGY PERFORMANCE; ENERGY SIMULATION; ENERGYPLUS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; HONG-KONG; IN-BUILDINGS; MORPHING; RURAL REGIONS; SUMMER MONTHS; SUMMER SEASON; THERMAL PERFORMANCE OF BUILDINGS; TYPICAL METEOROLOGICAL YEAR; URBAN AREAS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; WEATHER DATA; WEATHER STATIONS; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; OFFICE BUILDINGS; RURAL AREAS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUN;

THERMAL POLLUTION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BUILDING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT ISLAND; METEOROLOGY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SOFTWARE; SOLAR RADIATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND VELOCITY;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 79960920274     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2011.04.038     Document Type: Article

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