The urban tree as a tool to mitigate the urban heat island in Mexico City: A simple phenomenological model

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 157-166

  Ballinas, Mónica ^a   Barradas, Víctor L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; ENERGY BALANCE; FORESTRY; HEAT FLUX; LATENT HEAT; TRANSPIRATION; URBAN GROWTH;

CANOPY CONDUCTANCE; ENVELOPE FUNCTIONS; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; HUMAN PRODUCTIVITY; HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELING; SENSIBLE AND LATENT HEAT FLUXES; URBAN ENERGY BALANCE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CANOPY; CONDUCTANCE; ENERGY BALANCE; EUCALYPTUS CAMALDULENSIS; HEAT; HUMIDITY; LIQUIDAMBAR; MEXICO; NEIGHBORHOOD; RADIATION ENERGY; SAP FLOW; SPECIES; STORAGE; SWEATING; VISIBILITY; CITY; HUMAN; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); TREE;

CITIES; HOT TEMPERATURE; HUMANS; ISLANDS; MEXICO; TREES;

EID: 84957535663     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2015.01.0056     Document Type: Article

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