Effect of high-albedo materials on pedestrian heat stress in urban street canyons

Urban Climate

Volumn 10, Issue P2, 2014, Pages 367-386

  Erell, Evyatar ^a   Pearlmutter, David ^a   Boneh, Daniel ^a   Kutiel, Pua Bar ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Canyon air temperature model; Index of Thermal Stress; Mean radiant temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927978675     PISSN: 22120955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2013.10.005     Document Type: Article

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