Modification of human-biometeorologically significant radiant flux densities by shading as local method to mitigate heat stress in summer within urban street canyons

Advances in Meteorology

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Lee, Hyunjung ^a   Holst, Jutta ^b   Mayer, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84880102308     PISSN: 16879309     EISSN: 16879317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/312572     Document Type: Article

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