Estimating the potential of U.S. urban infrastructure albedo enhancement as climate mitigation in the face of climate variability

The climate mitigation potential of U.S. urban infrastructure albedo enhancement is explored using multidecadal regional climate simulations. Increasing albedo from 0.2 to 0.4 results in summer daytime surface temperature decreases of 1.5°C, substantial reductions in health-related heat (50% decreas...

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Автори: Xu, L., Monier, E., Schlosser, A., Kirchain, R., Gregory, J.
Формат: Working Paper
Мова:en_US
Опубліковано: MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change 2017
Онлайн доступ:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111819