Quantitative evaluation of urban park cool island factors in mountain city

Journal of Central South University of Technology (English Edition)

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1657-1662

  Lu, Jun ^a   Li, Chun Die ^a   Yang, Yong Chuan ^a   Zhang, Xin Hui ^a   Jin, Ming ^b  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Sichuan Southwest Project Management Consulting Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Park characteristics; Park cool island; Photosynthesis midday depression; Regression analysis; Statistical model

Indexed keywords

CHONGQING , CHINA; DIURNAL VARIATION; GREEN RATIO; MULTI-VARIABLE LINEAR REGRESSION; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; SHAPE INDICES; STATISTICAL MODELS; URBAN PARKS;

LANDFORMS; LINEAR REGRESSION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

EID: 84867288129     PISSN: 10059784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11771-012-1189-9     Document Type: Article

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