Urban Morphology Influence on Urban Albedo: A Revisit with the Solene Model

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 301-327

  Groleau, Dominique ^a   Mestayer, Patrice G ^b  

^a CERMA UMR CNRS 1563   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Albedo; Radiation trapping; Shortwave radiation; Sky view factor; Urban albedo; Urban climate; Urban form

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; RADIATION TRAPPING; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION; SKY VIEWS; URBAN ALBEDO; URBAN CLIMATES; URBAN FORM;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FACADES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

SOLAR RADIATION;

ALBEDO; BOUNDARY LAYER; BUILDING; CANOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LATITUDE; NUMERICAL MODEL; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; STREET CANYON; URBAN CLIMATE; URBAN MORPHOLOGY;

BOUCHES DU RHONE; FRANCE; HAUTE GARONNE; LOIRE ATLANTIQUE; MARSEILLES; MIDI-PYRENEES; NANTES; PAYS DE LA LOIRE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; TOULOUSE;

EID: 84876981557     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-012-9786-6     Document Type: Article

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