CityComfort+: A simulation-based method for predicting mean radiant temperature in dense urban areas

Building and Environment

Volumn 80, Issue , 2014, Pages 84-95

  Huang, Jianxiang ^a   Cedeño Laurent, Jose Guillermo ^b   Spengler, John D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Mean radiant temperature; Outdoor thermal comfort; Ray tracing technique; Simulation

Indexed keywords

RAY TRACING; SOLAR RADIATION; SPECIFIC HEAT; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

DIFFUSE SOLAR RADIATIONS; DIRECT SOLAR RADIATION; MEAN RADIANT TEMPERATURE; MODEL SURFACE TEMPERATURE; OUTDOOR THERMAL COMFORT; RAY-TRACING TECHNIQUE; SIMULATION; SIMULATION-BASED METHOD;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; LONGWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN CLIMATE;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84902329134     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.05.019     Document Type: Article

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