Limited application of reflective surfaces can mitigate urban heat pollution

Reflective surfaces have been recommended to mitigate urban heat pollution but can be expensive to apply at a large scale. This work shows that applying them to only the upstream half of a neighborhood can lead to disporportionately high cooling benefits relative to cost.

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Autores principales: Sushobhan Sen, Lev Khazanovich
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:714e4bd98a554cfcae25697041cf96822021-12-02T18:06:25ZLimited application of reflective surfaces can mitigate urban heat pollution10.1038/s41467-021-23634-72041-1723https://doaj.org/article/714e4bd98a554cfcae25697041cf96822021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23634-7https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723Reflective surfaces have been recommended to mitigate urban heat pollution but can be expensive to apply at a large scale. This work shows that applying them to only the upstream half of a neighborhood can lead to disporportionately high cooling benefits relative to cost.Sushobhan SenLev KhazanovichNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-8 (2021)
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Limited application of reflective surfaces can mitigate urban heat pollution
description Reflective surfaces have been recommended to mitigate urban heat pollution but can be expensive to apply at a large scale. This work shows that applying them to only the upstream half of a neighborhood can lead to disporportionately high cooling benefits relative to cost.
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title Limited application of reflective surfaces can mitigate urban heat pollution
title_short Limited application of reflective surfaces can mitigate urban heat pollution
title_full Limited application of reflective surfaces can mitigate urban heat pollution
title_fullStr Limited application of reflective surfaces can mitigate urban heat pollution
title_full_unstemmed Limited application of reflective surfaces can mitigate urban heat pollution
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