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Approaches to study Urban Heat Island – Abilities and limitations
Building and Environment · 2010 · Vol. 45(10) · pp. 2192–2201
Parham A. Mirzaei(Concordia University)Fariborz Haghighat✉(Concordia University)
Urban Heat Island MitigationBuilding Energy and Comfort OptimizationWind and Air Flow StudiesUrban heat islandEnvironmental scienceMeteorologyComputer scienceGeography
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- Concordia University
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
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