Diurnal and weekly variation of anthropogenic heat emissions in a tropical city, Singapore

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 92-103

  Quah, Anne K L ^a   Roth, Matthias ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic heat; Energy use; Singapore; Tropical urban climate; Waste heat

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC HEAT; ANTHROPOGENIC HEAT FLUX; BUILDING ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY USE; HEAT RELEASE; HIGH-DENSITY; HUMAN METABOLISMS; INDIVIDUAL COMPONENTS; LAND USE TYPE; MAXIMUM VALUES; POPULATION DENSITIES; PUBLIC HOUSING; RESIDENTIAL AREAS; SINGAPORE; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION; STUDY AREAS; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TOPDOWN; TRAFFIC VOLUMES; URBAN CLIMATES; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; WINTER TIME;

ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEAT FLUX; HOUSING; TROPICS; WASTE HEAT;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BUILDING; DIURNAL VARIATION; ENERGY USE; HEAT FLUX; METABOLISM; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TRAFFIC EMISSION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN CLIMATE;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; EXHAUST GAS; HEAT TRANSFER; HOUSING; HUMAN; LATITUDE; METABOLISM; MODEL; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SINGAPORE; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY; TIME; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TROPICS; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

EID: 82955195773     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: 18732844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2011.10.015     Document Type: Article

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