Effects of tree canopies on solar radiation filtration in a tropical microclimatic environment

Sun, Wind and Architecture - The Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, PLEA 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 400-406

  Shahidan, Mohd Fairuz ^a   Salleh, Elias ^a   Mustafa, K M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Radiation filtration; Tree canopy; Tropical microclimate

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; DIRECT SOLAR RADIATION; ENERGY BUDGETS; EVALUATION METHOD; FIELD MEASUREMENT; GROUND SURFACES; LEAF AREA INDEX; OUTDOOR SPACE; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; STRUCTURAL FORM; TRANSMISSIVITY; TREE CANOPY; TREE HEIGHT; TROPICAL CLIMATES; TROPICAL MICROCLIMATE; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; TROPICS;

FORESTRY;

EID: 84864140959     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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