Using remote sensing to quantify albedo of roofs in seven California cities, Part 1: Methods

Solar Energy

Volumn 115, Issue , 2015, Pages 777-790

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

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Albedo; Cool roof; Heat island effect; Solar reflectance

Indexed keywords

AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CALIBRATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; IMAGE RESOLUTION; INFRARED DEVICES; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR RADIATION;

ALBEDO; COOL ROOFS; EMPIRICAL RELATIONSHIPS; HEAT ISLAND EFFECT; LABORATORY MEASUREMENTS; SOLAR REFLECTANCE; SOLAR SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS;

ROOFS;

EID: 84939962947     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.10.022     Document Type: Article

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