Thermal Characteristics of Urban Surface Materials

G. Galli; A. Vallati

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.629.443

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Thermal Characteristics of Urban Surface Materials

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This paper studies the influence of different urban coverings (green areas or dry cover) on the urban microclimate. Different urban structures in a small area show different microclimatic behavior, depending on the thermophysical properties of the surface materials, in particular on the presence and extent of green areas. The research has been developed in downtown Rome in the summer period. In order to evaluate the impact of different urban envelopes, a typical urban square has been considered and analyzed systematically with the microscale climate model ENVI-met. A number of simulations has been performed with various kinds of surface covers and of vegetation and their effect on the air and soil temperatures and on the surface heat fluxes has been determined.

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