Analysis of the effect of vegetation on albedo in residential areas: Case studies in suburban Sacramento and Los Angeles, CA

GIScience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 64-77

  Rose, L Shea ^a   Levinson, Ronnen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST GEORGIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

albedo; GIS; sustainability; urban fabric; urban greening; urban LULC; vegetation

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ALGORITHM; CLIMATOLOGY; GIS; LIDAR; ORTHOPHOTO; SUBURBAN AREA; SUSTAINABILITY; TREE PLANTING; VEGETATION;

CALIFORNIA; LOS ANGELES [CALIFORNIA]; SACRAMENTO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877652280     PISSN: 15481603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15481603.2013.778557     Document Type: Article

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