Abstract: The intraurban temperature variation in the center of Athens, Greece, was investigated in relation to urban geometry. This paper describes two main tasks: 1) Air temperature was recorded in the center of Athens and at the ...

Abstract: The mitigation of the heat island effect can be achieved by the use of cool materials that are characterized by high solar reflectance and infrared emittance values. Several types of cool materials have been tested and ...

Abstract: Three methods for analyzing and modeling the global shortwave radiation reaching the earth?s surface are presented in this study. Solar radiation is a very important input for many aspects of climatology, hydrology, ...