Characterization of the thermal structure inside an urban canyon: Field measurements and validation of a simple model

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-81

  Giovannini, Lorenzo ^a,b   Zardi, Dino ^a,b   Franceschi, Massimiliano de ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b CINFAI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DIRECT SOLAR RADIATION; FIELD MEASUREMENT; MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN; SIMPLIFIED ASSESSMENT; SURFACE ENERGY BUDGET; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WALL SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; POLLUTION CONTROL; ROOFS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CANYON; CLIMATE MODELING; DATA SET; ENERGY BUDGET; MODEL VALIDATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

ITALY; TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE; TRENTO;

EID: 84875021360     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-12-06.1     Document Type: Article

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