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res:
  bibo_abstract:
  - "Urban tree planting is an effective strategy to reduce temperature locally and
    eventually mitigate Urban Heat\r\nIsland. Although its cooling effects have been
    widely reported, understanding of coupling effects of street\r\nmorphologies and
    tree characteristics on thermal environment is insufficient, especially in high-density
    cities. A\r\nparametric study is conducted to investigate effects of leaf area
    index (LAI = 1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0,6.0) and tree\r\ncrown radius (rtree = 2.0,3.4,4.4,5.0
    m) on thermal environment inside streets with various aspect ratios (street\r\nheight/width,
    H/W = 1.0–5.0). A mechanistic urban canopy model Urban Tethys-Chloris (UT&C) is
    selected and\r\nintegrated with a new semi-empirical wind parameterization based
    on drag coefficients and frontal area densities\r\nof buildings and trees. Modified
    UT&C is validated by a unique and controllable scaled outdoor experiment. The\r\nresearch
    outputs can be summarized as follows: (1) Calculated air temperature (Ta), wind
    speed (V), and thermal\r\ncomfort indices (Mean Radiant Temperature (Tmrt) and
    Universal Thermal Climate Index (UTCI)) are in good\r\nagreement with results
    from scaled outdoor experiments, while slight overestimation of relative humidity
    (RH)\r\noccurs in tree cases; (2) Increasing LAI and rtree both bring stronger
    cooling effects by up to 20.2 ◦C (Tmrt) and\r\n4.0 ◦C (UTCI); (3) Narrower streets
    weaken trees’ cooling effects and increasing LAI and rtree could be less\r\nefficient
    for higher H/W than lower H/W; (4) LAI = 4.0 and rtree = 5.0 m are optimal for
    wide streets (H/W =\r\n1.0–3.0) to provide maximum UTCI cooling (about 4.0 ◦C),
    while LAI = 4.0 and rtree = 3.4 m are suggested for\r\nnarrow streets (H/W = 3.0–5.0).
    Our study provides useful information on evidence-based urban tree selection\r\nstrategies
    for urban planning and design. @eng"
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Taihan
      foaf_name: Chen, Taihan
      foaf_surname: Chen
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Naika
      foaf_name: Meili, Naika
      foaf_surname: Meili
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Simone
      foaf_name: Fatichi, Simone
      foaf_surname: Fatichi
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=cf8e546b-a9b0-11f0-a43b-aa89ed1b56d6
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Jian
      foaf_name: Hang, Jian
      foaf_surname: Hang
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Puay Yok
      foaf_name: Tan, Puay Yok
      foaf_surname: Tan
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Chao
      foaf_name: Yuan, Chao
      foaf_surname: Yuan
  bibo_doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2023.111006
  bibo_volume: 246
  dct_date: 2023^xs_gYear
  dct_isPartOf:
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/0360-1323
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/1873-684X
  dct_language: eng
  dct_publisher: Elsevier@
  dct_subject:
  - Urban canopy model
  - Scaled outdoor experiment
  - Street aspect ratio
  - Urban vegetation
  - Pedestrian thermal comfort
  dct_title: Effects of tree plantings with varying street aspect ratios on the thermal
    environment using a mechanistic urban canopy model@
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