TY - JOUR
T1 - A computer system to support Albedo Calculation in urban areas
AU - Chimklai, Parichart
AU - Hagishima, Aya
AU - Tanimoto, Jun
N1 - Funding Information:
This particular research was partially funded by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research JSPS awarded to Prof. Tanimoto (#14702047). This research is partially supported by the Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Grant-in-Aid for CREST, Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology that is awarded to Dr. Kanda, TITech. The authors would like to express their special thanks to those two different funding sources.
PY - 2004/10
Y1 - 2004/10
N2 - The Albedo Calculation Model (ACM) has been developed to provide the simulation of albedos within three-dimensional urban structures. The model takes into account urban configurations and a change of solar positions, as well as the effects of multiple reflections and shading in an urban canopy. In order to perform a systematic analysis for the effect of various factors on albedo of surfaces, a large scale numerical experiment has been conducted. The model description and experiment results of albedo characteristics are clarified in this paper. In addition, the development of two associated GUI (graphical user interface)-based applications, Albedo Calculator and Albedo Viewer is also introduced.
AB - The Albedo Calculation Model (ACM) has been developed to provide the simulation of albedos within three-dimensional urban structures. The model takes into account urban configurations and a change of solar positions, as well as the effects of multiple reflections and shading in an urban canopy. In order to perform a systematic analysis for the effect of various factors on albedo of surfaces, a large scale numerical experiment has been conducted. The model description and experiment results of albedo characteristics are clarified in this paper. In addition, the development of two associated GUI (graphical user interface)-based applications, Albedo Calculator and Albedo Viewer is also introduced.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.buildenv.2004.02.006
DO - 10.1016/j.buildenv.2004.02.006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:2642553755
VL - 39
SP - 1213
EP - 1221
JO - Building and Environment
JF - Building and Environment
SN - 0360-1323
IS - 10
ER -