A field study of urban microclimates in London

Renewable Energy

Volumn 73, Issue , 2015, Pages 3-9

  Shahrestani, Mehdi ^a   Yao, Runming ^a   Luo, Zhiwen ^a   Turkbeyler, Erdal ^b   Davies, Hywel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Faculty of Health and Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^c Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Experimental study; Microclimates; Simulation; Urban context; Wind pattern

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MICROCLIMATES; SIMULATION; URBAN CONTEXT; WIND PATTERNS;

CLIMATE MODELING; ENERGY PLANNING; MICROCLIMATE; PARAMETERIZATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SIMULATION; SOLAR RADIATION; URBAN CLIMATE;

ENGLAND; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84908059716     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: 18790682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.05.061     Document Type: Article

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