Influence of sky temperature distribution on sky view factor and its applications in urban heat island

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1837-1843

  Zhu, Shanyou ^a,b   Guan, Huade ^b,c   Bennett, John ^b   Clay, Roger ^d   Ewenz, Caecilia ^b   Benger, Simon ^b   Maghrabi, Abdullrahman ^e   Millington, Andrew C ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL CENTRE FOR GROUNDWATER RESEARCH AND TRAINING   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^e King Abdalaziz City for Science and Technology   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

3D data; Cloud cover; Sky temperature; Sky view factor; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

3D DATA; CLOUD COVER; SKY TEMPERATURES; SKY VIEW FACTOR; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

THERMAL POLLUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLOUD COVER; HEAT ISLAND; MICROCLIMATE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84878778686     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3660     Document Type: Article

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