Field measurement of albedo for different land cover materials and effects on thermal performance

Building and Environment

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 536-546

  Li, H ^a   Harvey, J ^a   Kendall, A ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Cool materials and cool pavements; Cooling effect; Heat island; Reflectivity and albedo; Thermal environment

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC DATA ACQUISITION; CONCRETE PAVERS; COOL MATERIALS; COOLING EFFECTS; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FIELD MEASUREMENT; GROUND SURFACES; HEAT ISLAND; HEATING EFFECT; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LAND COVER; LONG TERM MONITORING; MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PAVEMENT MATERIAL; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; SEASONAL EFFECTS; SOLAR RADIATION INTENSITY; SURFACING MATERIALS; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; THERMAL PERFORMANCE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATERIALS; MEASUREMENTS; MIXED CONVECTION; PAVEMENTS; REFLECTION; SUN; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ALBEDO; COOLING; DATA ACQUISITION; DESIGN; HEAT ISLAND; LAND COVER; PAVEMENT; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; ASPHALT; CONCRETE; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEATING; HIGH TEMPERATURE; REFLECTIVITY;

EID: 84870446213     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.10.014     Document Type: Article

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