The radiative forcing benefits of "cool roof" construction in California: Quantifying the climate impacts of building albedo modification

Climatic Change

Volumn 112, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 1071-1083

  VanCuren, Richard ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO REDUCTION; ATMOSPHERIC CO; BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY; CALIFORNIA; CLIMATE EFFECTS; CLIMATE IMPACTS; COMMERCIAL BUILDING; COOL ROOFS; DIRECT RADIATIONS; EFFICIENCY BENEFITS; GEOENGINEERING; GEOGRAPHICAL AREA; HEATING EFFECT; MEASUREMENT-BASED; MODEL STUDY; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; REGULATORY AGENCIES; SPATIAL DIVERSITY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; STATE REGULATIONS; SURFACE ALBEDO CHANGE; TOPDOWN;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GREENHOUSE GASES; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SOLAR RADIATION;

ROOFS;

ALBEDO; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; GREENHOUSE GAS; HEATING; RADIATION BALANCE; RADIATIVE FORCING;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860916887     PISSN: 01650009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0250-2     Document Type: Article

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