Understanding the long-term effects of environmental exposure on roof reflectance in California

Construction and Building Materials

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 516-526

  Cheng, Meng Dawn ^a   Miller, William ^a   New, Joshua ^a   Berdahl, Paul ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Absorption; Aerosol; Building envelop; Cool pigmented roof; Principal component analysis; Reflectance; Soot

Indexed keywords

CALIFORNIA; DEPOSITION MODELS; ELEMENTAL CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LONG-TERM EFFECTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SOLAR REFLECTANCE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOLS; CHROMIUM; DROPS; GEOLOGIC MODELS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; ROOFS; SOOT;

REFLECTION;

EID: 80052899091     PISSN: 09500618     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2011.06.052     Document Type: Article

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