1974/10/01 by Werner H. Terjung, Schuyler Louie, Stella S‐F. Louie · 61 citations
Engineering · Environmental Science · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Absorption (acoustics) #Atmospheric sciences #Block (permutation group theory) #Building Energy and Comfort Optimization #Convection #Dissipation #Economics #Energy (signal processing) #Energy budget #Environmental science #Evaporation #Geometry #Latent heat #Longwave #Mathematics #Mechanics #Meteorology #Momentum (technical analysis) #Physics #Radiation #Radiative transfer #Scientific Research and Discoveries #Shortwave #Shortwave radiation #Thermal conduction #Thermodynamics #Urban Heat Island Mitigation
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/j.1538-4632.1974.tb00519.x
published in Geographical Analysis 6(4), 341-367 (Wiley)
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Abstract A deductive model of the energy budgets of urban landscapes, based on the exchanges of energy, mass, and momentum, is introduced. The absorption of shortwave and longwave radiation and their dissipation via the channels of reradiation, convection, conduction, and evaporation are generated by the model in order to simulate the interplay of the many energy cascades among the myriad of city surfaces. A city can be geographically analyzed by determining its energy budget and resultant surface temperatures on a block‐by‐block basis. In spite of some simplifying assumptions, the predictions of surface temperatures of this initial model compare favorably with observations.