Assessing the impact of green roofs on urban heat island mitigation: A hardware scale modeling approach

Geographical Bulletin - Gamma Theta Upsilon

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-61

  Pompeii II, William C ^a   Hawkins, Timothy W ^a  

^a SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Green roof; Model; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HEAT ISLAND; HUMIDITY; MODELING; ROOF; URBAN AREA;

EID: 80755163688     PISSN: 07313292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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