Effect of vegetation biomass structure on thermal performance of tropical green roof

Landscape and Ecological Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 173-187

  Jim, C Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Canopy temperature inversion; Passive cooling; Perched thermal discontinuity; Subsurface thermal discontinuity; Suspended temperature inversion; Vertical temperature profile

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864123425     PISSN: 18601871     EISSN: 1860188X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11355-011-0161-4     Document Type: Article

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