Modelling wind-driven rain on buildings in urbanized area using 3-D GIS and LiDAR datasets

Building and Environment

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 528-535

  Coutu, S ^a   Wyrsch, V ^a   Rossi, L ^a   Emery, P ^a   Golay, F ^a   Carneiro, C ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Building envelopes; GIS; Urban environment; Wind driven rain

Indexed keywords

BUILDING ENVELOPES; BUILDING GEOMETRY; DATA SETS; DENSE URBAN AREAS; LARGE PARTS; LIDAR DATA; NEIGHBOURHOOD; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; SURROUNDING BUILDINGS; TERRAIN CHARACTERISTICS; TWO-POINT; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBANIZED AREA; WIND DIRECTIONS; WIND-DRIVEN RAIN;

DIGITAL STORAGE; FACADES; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OPTICAL RADAR; RAIN;

BUILDINGS;

BUILDING; DATA SET; GIS; LIDAR; NEIGHBORHOOD; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; RAINFALL; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; URBAN AREA; MODELING; REMOTE SENSING; WIND DIRECTION;

EID: 84870395230     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.09.022     Document Type: Article

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