Urban heat Island effect: Thermal response from different types of exposed paved surfaces

International Journal of Pavement Research and Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 414-422

  Di Maria, Valentina ^a   Rahman, Mujib ^a   Collins, Paul ^a   Dondi, Giulio ^b   Sangiorgi, Cesare ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Albedo; Emissivity; Paving materials; Solar reflectance index (SRI); Thermogram; Urban heat Island (UHI) mitigation

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; CONCRETES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; HEAT STORAGE; PAVEMENTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL POLLUTION; THERMOCOUPLES;

ALBEDO; EMISSIVITY; SOLAR REFLECTANCE; THERMOGRAM; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84880774898     PISSN: 19966814     EISSN: 19971400     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6135/ijprt.org.tw/2013.6(4).414     Document Type: Article

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