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<div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The layer of air in the [[urban canopy]] beneath the mean height of the buildings and trees.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Its [[climate]] is dominated by [[microscale]] processes due to the complex array of surfaces (their orientation, [[albedo]], [[emissivity]], [[thermal]] properties, wetness, etc.). It is a zone of multiple [[reflection]] and [[emission]], wakes and vortices, especially in the [[urban canyons]]. <br/>''Compare'' [[urban boundary layer]].</div><br/> </div> | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The layer of air in the [[urban canopy]] beneath the mean height of the buildings and trees.</div><br/> <div class="paragraph">Its [[climate]] is dominated by [[microscale]] processes due to the complex array of surfaces (their orientation, [[albedo]], [[emissivity]], [[thermal]] properties, wetness, etc.). It is a zone of multiple [[reflection]] and [[emission]], wakes and vortices, especially in the [[urban canyons]]. <br/>''Compare'' [[urban boundary layer|urban boundary layer]].</div><br/> </div> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:11, 25 April 2012
urban canopy layer
The layer of air in the urban canopy beneath the mean height of the buildings and trees.
Its climate is dominated by microscale processes due to the complex array of surfaces (their orientation, albedo, emissivity, thermal properties, wetness, etc.). It is a zone of multiple reflection and emission, wakes and vortices, especially in the urban canyons.
Compare urban boundary layer.
Compare urban boundary layer.
