Effects of Evapotranspiration on Mitigation of Urban Temperature by Vegetation and Urban Agriculture
The temperature difference between an urban space and surrounding non-urban space is called the urban heat island effect (UHI). Global terrestrial evapotranspiration (ET) can consume 1.4803×1023 joules (J) of energy annually, which is about 21.74% of the total available solar energy at the top of at...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2013-08-01
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| Series: | Journal of Integrative Agriculture |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311913605432 |