Within canopy temperature differences and cooling ability of Tilia cordata trees grown in urban conditions

Building and Environment

Volumn 114, Issue , 2017, Pages 118-128

  Rahman, Mohammad A ^a   Moser, Astrid ^a   Rötzer, Thomas ^a   Pauleit, Stephan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Canopy temperature; Heat storage; Latent heat flux; Thermal environment regulation; Urban trees

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE MODELS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FORESTRY; HEAT FLUX; HEAT STORAGE; LATENT HEAT; SOIL MOISTURE;

CANOPY TEMPERATURE; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; MULTILAYERED COMPLEXES; NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES; SOIL MOISTURE POTENTIAL; THERMAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN TREES; VAPOUR PRESSURE DEFICITS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CANOPY; COOLING; DECIDUOUS TREE; LATENT HEAT FLUX; URBAN CLIMATE;

BAVARIA; GERMANY; MUNICH;

TILIA CORDATA;

EID: 85006488997     PISSN: 03601323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2016.12.013     Document Type: Article

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