The influence of vegetation and building morphology on shadow patterns and mean radiant temperatures in urban areas: model development and evaluation (original) (raw)

Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 2011

Abstract

Abstract The solar and longwave environmental irradiance geometry (SOLWEIG) model simulates spatial variations of 3-D radiation fluxes and mean radiant temperature (T mrt) as well as shadow patterns in complex urban settings. In this paper, a new vegetation scheme is included in SOLWEIG and evaluated. The new shadow casting algorithm for complex vegetation structures makes it possible to obtain continuous images of shadow patterns and sky view factors taking both buildings and vegetation into account. For the calculation of 3- ...

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