Investigation of urban canyon microclimate in traditional and contemporary environment. Experimental investigation and parametric analysis

Renewable Energy

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 354-363

  Andreou, E ^a   Axarli, K ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Urban canyon; Urban microclimate

Indexed keywords

AIR HUMIDITY; AIR VELOCITIES; COMPUTER TOOLS; CONTEMPORARY ENVIRONMENTS; EFFECT OF PARAMETERS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; HORIZONTAL SURFACES; MAIN PARAMETERS; PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE; URBAN CANYONS; URBAN DENSITY; URBAN MICROCLIMATE; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND SPEED;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMIDITY; MICROCLIMATE; PARAMETERIZATION; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; STREET CANYON; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN CLIMATE; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN SYSTEM; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

AEGEAN ISLANDS; CYCLADES; GREECE; SOUTHERN AEGEAN; TINOS;

EID: 84856546471     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.11.038     Document Type: Article

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