Role of street trees in mitigating effects of heat and drought at highly sealed urban sites
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- 作者：Sten Gillner
- 关键词：Cooling effects ; Tree species ; Leaf-area density ; Transpiration
- 刊名：Landscape and Urban Planning
- 出版年：2015
- 出版时间：November 2015
- 年：2015
- 卷：143
- 期：Complete
- 页码：33-42
- 全文大小：1682 K
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- <p id="par0005">Species differ significantly in their ability to reduce thermal load.p>
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- <p id="par0010">LAD and Emax were most appropriate to explain reductions in air temperature.p>
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- <p id="par0015">One unit increase in LAD reduces surface temperature by 4.63 K.p>
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- <p id="par0020">Tilia and Corylus exhibit the highest rates of Emax and LAD.p>
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- <p id="par0025">Both species are the best options to reduce air and surface temperatures.p>