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sky view factor: a standalone construct

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sky viewfactor1 CONSTRUCTSky view factorOKE · URBAN CLIMATOLOGY

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Urban climatology

the fraction of the sky hemisphere visible from a point, which controls nighttime radiative cooling in street canyons and helps explain urban heat islands.

In urban climatology, sky view factor refers to the fraction of the sky hemisphere visible from a point, which controls nighttime radiative cooling in street canyons and helps explain urban heat islands. This meaning comes from Oke (1981) in Journal of Climatology.[1]

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References

  1. Oke, T. R. (1981). Canyon geometry and the nocturnal urban heat island: Comparison of scale model and field observations. Journal of Climatology, 1(3), 237-254. https://doi.org/10.1002/joc.3370010304

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