Inclusion of vegetation in the Town Energy Balance model for modelling urban green areas

Cities impact both local climate, through urban heat islands and global climate, because they are an area of heavy greenhouse gas release into the atmosphere due to heating, air conditioning and traffic. Including more vegetation into cities is a planning strategy having possible positive impacts fo...

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Main Authors: A. Lemonsu, V. Masson, L. Shashua-Bar, E. Erell, D. Pearlmutter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Copernicus Publications 2012-11-01
Series:Geoscientific Model Development
Online Access:http://www.geosci-model-dev.net/5/1377/2012/gmd-5-1377-2012.pdf