Measuring the effects of urban heat island mitigation techniques in the field: Application to the case of pavement-watering in Paris

Urban Climate

Volumn 16, Issue , 2016, Pages 43-58

  Hendel, Martin ^a   Gutierrez, Pierre ^b   Colombert, Morgane ^c   Diab, Youssef ^c   Royon, Laurent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Data Science Team   (France)

^c Université Paris Est   (France)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Evaporative cooling; Pavement watering; Urban field measurements; Urban heat island; Urban heat island countermeasure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961117161     PISSN: 22120955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.02.003     Document Type: Article

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