Urban heat island and wind flow characteristics of a tropical city

Solar Energy

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 159-170

  Rajagopalan, Priyadarsini ^a   Lim, Kee Chuan ^a   Jamei, Elmira ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geometry modification; Thermal comfort; Tropical; UHI; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; THERMAL COMFORT; TROPICS;

GEOMETRY MODIFICATIONS; HEAT ISLAND EFFECT; HEAT ISLAND INTENSITIES; HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT; TROPICAL; UHI; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; WIND SPEED;

WIND EFFECTS;

CANYON; COOLING; GEOMETRY; HEAT ISLAND; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN AREA; VENTILATION; WIND VELOCITY;

MALAYSIA; MUAR RIVER; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 84903447633     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.05.042     Document Type: Article

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