Urban canopy

From Glossary of Meteorology



urban canopy

The assemblage of buildings, trees, and other objects composing a town or city and the spaces between them.

The concept is roughly analogous to that of a vegetative canopy except that the built part is open to the sky and has no stem or trunk zone. Together with the air layer beneath rooftop and treetop level, it forms the urban canopy layer.


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