Urban surface cover determined with airborne lidar at 2m resolution - Implications for surface energy balance modelling

Urban Climate

Volumn 13, Issue , 2015, Pages 52-72

  Nordbo, Annika ^a   Karsisto, Petteri ^a,c   Matikainen, Leena ^b   Wood, Curtis R ^c   Järvi, Leena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH GEOSPATIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Eddy covariance; Energy balance model; Lidar scanning; Street trees; Surface energy balance model (SUEWS); Urban surface cover classification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931272242     PISSN: 22120955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2015.05.004     Document Type: Article

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