The climate effects of increasing the albedo of roofs in a cold region†

Advances in Building Energy Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 186-191

  Touchaei, Ali Gholizadeh ^a   Akbari, Hashem ^a  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Albedo; mitigation strategies; urban canopy model; urban heat island; WRF

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; MITIGATION STRATEGY; URBAN CANOPY MODELS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; WRF;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SOLAR RADIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ROOFS;

EID: 84890920943     PISSN: 17512549     EISSN: 17562201     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17512549.2013.865558     Document Type: Article

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