Hydrometeorological determinants of green roof performance via a vertically-resolved model for heat and water transport

Building and Environment

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 211-224

  Sun, Ting ^a,b   Bou Zeid, Elie ^b   Wang, Zhi Hua ^c   Zerba, Eileen ^d   Ni, Guang Heng ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Princeton University   (United States)

^c Arizona State University   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Green roof; Heat transfer; Thermal performance index; Urban Canopy Model; Urban hydrology; Urban microclimate

Indexed keywords

GREEN ROOF; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; URBAN CANOPY MODELS; URBAN HYDROLOGY; URBAN MICROCLIMATE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; SOIL MOISTURE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; URBAN PLANNING;

ROOFS;

HEAT FLUX; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; MODELING; ROOF; SOIL MOISTURE; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872397487     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2012.10.018     Document Type: Article

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