Thermal comfort in forested urban canyons of low building density. An assessment for the city of Mendoza, Argentina

Building and Environment

Volumn 58, Issue , 2012, Pages 219-230

  Correa, Erica ^a   Ruiz, María Angélica ^a   Canton, Alicia ^a   Lesino, Graciela ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ARGENTINO DE NIVOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Arid regions; Bioclimatic urban design; COMFA method; Road channels; Urban forestry

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; COMFA METHOD; COMFORT CONDITIONS; CONVECTIVE COOLING; ENERGY BUDGETS; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FOREST STRUCTURE; METROPOLITAN AREA; MORUS ALBA; NOCTURNAL COOLING; RADIATIVE COOLING; ROAD CHANNELS; SOIL ROUGHNESS; SOLAR RADIATION CONTROL; URBAN CANYONS; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN FORESTRY; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

ARID REGIONS; ROADS AND STREETS; SUN; THERMAL COMFORT; URBAN PLANNING;

FORESTRY;

ARID REGION; BUILDING; CANYON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HEAT ISLAND; URBAN CLIMATE; URBAN DESIGN; URBAN FORESTRY;

ARGENTINA; FORESTRY; MORUS; PLATANUS; ROADS;

ARGENTINA; MENDOZA;

FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR; MORUS ALBA; PLATANUS X ACERIFOLIA;

EID: 84865323984     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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