NUMERICAL ANALYSIS ON COOLING EFFECT OF A ROW OF TREES IN AN URBAN CANYON : Prediction of thermal comfort on street with roadside trees Part 2
Year: 1999
Type: article
Abstract: To examine effects of a row of roadside trees on solar shading and thermal comfort on footpaths, field measurements were conducted on hot-humid, days at two streets which have different quantity of roadside trees. The authors proposed predicting methodobgy of distribution of MRT at streets with and without roadside trees based on the results of field measurements. And using this model, numerical experiments were performed. The following conclusions were reached. 1. Reduction of MRT by the roadside trees is more remarkable than reduction of air temperature. 2. Larger solar reflection rate of wall and lower building height make more reduction of MRT by roadside trees. 3. Sparse tall trees with large crowns are more valuable than dense low trees with small crowns from a viewpoint of thermal comfort.
DOI: 10.3130/aija.64.83_4
Institution: Kyushu University
Language: English
Topic: Urban Heat Island Mitigation
Subfield: Environmental Engineering
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W2585642007