The impact of building density and building height heterogeneity on average urban albedo and street surface temperature

Building and Environment

Volumn 90, Issue , 2015, Pages 146-156

  Yang, Xinyan ^a   Li, Yuguo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Sky view factor; Thermal radiation; Urban albedo; Urban geometry

Indexed keywords

BUILDINGS; GEOMETRY; HEAT RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TALL BUILDINGS;

HIGH-DENSITY CITIES; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; SKY VIEW FACTOR; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL NUMERICAL MODELING; URBAN ALBEDO; URBAN GEOMETRY; URBAN SURFACE TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ALBEDO; DENSITY; HEIGHT; MULTISTOREY BUILDING; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 84927710024     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2015.03.037     Document Type: Article

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