Urban soil: Assessing ground cover impact on surface temperature and thermal comfort

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 90-97

  Brandani, Giada ^a   Napoli, Marco ^a   Massetti, Luciano ^b   Petralli, Martina ^a   Orlandini, Simone ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMETEOROLOGY   (Italy)

^c Climate and Sustainability Foundation   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPHALT; GRAVEL; POPULATION STATISTICS; SANDSTONE; SOILS; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMAL COMFORT; URBAN GROWTH; WIND;

APPARENT TEMPERATURE; COMFORT CONDITIONS; HUMAN THERMAL COMFORT; IMPACT ON SURFACES; SURFACE CHARACTERISTICS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SURROUNDING ENVIRONMENT; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CANOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; POPULATION GROWTH; SOIL PROPERTY; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; CITY; HUMAN; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

CITIES; HUMANS; MICROCLIMATE; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; WIND;

EID: 84957574044     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2014.12.0521     Document Type: Article

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