Optimal location of green zones in metropolitan areas to control the urban heat island

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 289, Issue , 2015, Pages 412-425

  Fernandez F J ^a   Alvarez Vazquez L J ^b   Garcia Chan N ^c   Martinez A ^b   Vazquez Mendez M E ^d  

^a DEFENSE UNIVERSITY CENTER   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Green zones; Numerical modeling; Optimal control; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE MODELS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; NUMERICAL METHODS; NUMERICAL MODELS; THERMAL POLLUTION;

INTERIOR POINT ALGORITHM; METROPOLITAN AREA; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; OPTIMAL CONTROL THEORY; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; OPTIMAL LOCATIONS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 84930958724     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cam.2014.10.023     Document Type: Article

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