Using remote sensing to quantify albedo of roofs in seven California cities, Part 2: Results and application to climate modeling

Solar Energy

Volumn 115, Issue , 2015, Pages 791-805

  Ban Weiss, George A ^a,b   Woods, Jordan ^b   Millstein, Dev ^b   Levinson, Ronnen ^b  

^a Dept of Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cool roof; Heat island effect; Roof albedo; Solar reflectance

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HEAT TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

COOL ROOFS; EXCHANGE OF ENERGY; HEAT ISLAND EFFECT; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELING; SOLAR REFLECTANCE; STANDARD DEVIATION; TEMPERATURE CHANGES; WEATHER RESEARCH AND FORECASTING MODELS;

ROOFS;

ALBEDO; CLIMATE MODELING; REFLECTANCE; REMOTE SENSING; URBAN AREA;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84928714663     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.10.041     Document Type: Article

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