A modeling analysis of urban canopy parameterization representing the vegetation effects in the megacity of São Paulo

Urban Climate

Volumn 17, Issue , 2016, Pages 102-115

  Morais, Marcos Vinícius Bueno de ^a   Freitas, Edmilson Dias de ^a   Urbina Guerrero, Viviana Vanesa ^a   Martins, Leila Droprinchinski ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Urban effects mitigation; Urban heat island; Urban vegetation; VTEB

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977542966     PISSN: 22120955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2016.04.004     Document Type: Article

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