Development of a Green Roof Environmental Monitoring and Meteorological Network in New York City

Sensors

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2647-2660

  Gaffin, Stuart R ^a   Khanbilvardi, Reza ^b   Rosenzweig, Cynthia ^a  

^a NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies   (United States)

^b CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Building energy; Combined sewer overflows; Energy balance; Green roofs; Mitigation; Urban heat island; Urban vegetation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; ROOFS; THERMAL POLLUTION; URBAN GROWTH;

BUILDING ENERGY; COMBINED SEWER OVERFLOWS; ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; GREEN ROOF; MITIGATION; NEW YORK CITY; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN VEGETATION;

ENERGY BALANCE;

EID: 80755137084     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s90402647     Document Type: Article

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