Design principles of atrium buildings for the tropics by Ahmad, Mohd. Hamdan, Mohamad Rasdi, Mohamad Tajuddin

“…This book contains an appraisal of atrium buildings in the tropics and sets out a guideline for the use of such element within the perspective of an energy conscious attitude.…”
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The effect of water on the surface temperature of pavements in the tropics by Juliet, Didel Mabilong

The effects of orientations on the room's thermal performance in the tropics by Leng, Pau Chung, Ahmad, Mohd. Hamdan, Ossen, Dilshan Remaz, Hamid, Malsiah, Baharvand, Mohammad

Daylighting performance of high school learning environment in tropics. by Al-Ashwal, Najib T., Hassan, Ahmad Sanusi, Lim, Yaik-Wah

“…Natural light is the best light source for visual comfort, aesthetics, and energy effi-ciency. Malaysia is in a tropical region and has abundant daylight availability that could meet the required lighting during the day. …”

Environmental biotechnology: advancement in water and wastewater application in the tropics by Hadiwinoto, D.Dwirianti, Salim, M.R., Ujang, Z.

“…The IWA Conference on Environmental Biotechnology: Advancement in Water and Wastewater Application in the Tropics, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 9-10 December 2003, was a peer-reviewed conference. …”

Rain attenuation modelling and mitigation in the tropics: brief review by Yussuff, Abayomi Isiaka, Khamis, Nor Hisham

“…This paper is a brief review of Rain AttenuationModelling and Mitigation in the Tropics. The fast depleting availability of the lower frequency bands like the Ku-band as a result of congestion by commercial satellite operations coupled with severe rain attenuations experienced at higher frequency bands (Ka and Q/V), particularly in the tropical regions which was caused by higher rainfall rates and bigger raindrop size, amongst others; it was pertinent that deliberate effforts be geared towards research along this direction. …”

Increasing the potential of Razaksat images for map-updating in the Tropics by Pohl, Christine, Hashim, Mazlan

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Daylight performance through different types of glazing in the tropics by Heng, Christopher Y. S., Ossen, D. R., Lim, Y. W.

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Biophilic architecture for a healthy and productive workplace in the tropics by Feng, Sie Reng Stephen

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Fully enclosed vegetated courtyard in hot humid tropics by Zango, Modi Sule

“…Vegetation is considered a prominent strategy to improve the overall thermal performance of a courtyard. Most tropical fully-enclosed courtyard buildings are characterised with vegetation, but empirical studies on its effects remain to be limited. …”
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Prebiotic from tropical fruits by Sarmidi, Mohd. Roji, Zainol, N. A., Mashudin, M., Sabri, N. A., Musa, H. H., Aziz, R. A.

“…In this research, selected tropical fruits from local sources were used. Inulin was extracted from edible portion of banana, soursop and noni. …”

Kinetic shading devices for multi-storey office buidlings in the tropics by Lee, Siew Jing

“…In tropical climate regions, daylighting is abundant but is not fully utilized in building design due to the undesirable solar heat gain. …”
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Reliable communications at frequencies bands above 25 GHz in the tropics by Abu Bakar, Faizah

“…However, it suffers greater propagation losses, making them unsuitable for long range communication. In addition, heavy tropical rain further reduces the reliability of the link and additional link budget has to be set aside for rain fade in order to improve its reliability. …”
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Integration of PALSAR and ASTER satellite data for geological mapping in tropics by Pour, Amin Beiranvand, Hashim, Mazlan

“…Results indicate that data integration and data fusion from PALSAR and ASTER sources enhanced information extraction for geological mapping in tropical environments.…”

Quantifying Variability for Grid-connected photovoltaics in the tropics for microgrid application by Baharin, K. A., Rahman, H. A., Hassan, M. Y., Gan, C. K., Sulaima, M. F.

“…This paper quantifies the variability of solar resource for PV systems located in the tropical climate. Global horizontal irradiance data is obtained from a site in Melaka, Malaysia with one-minute-average values for a full year. …”

Road maintenance and rehabilitation in tropical climate by Othman, Farah Nadiah

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Anidolic daylighting system for deep-plan architecture of automotive workshop in the tropics by Tan, Dominic Jian Yang

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Natural ventilation of low cost dwellings in the hot humid tropics Malaysia by Hui, Seng Kin

Interferometric synthetic aperture radar coherence constraints in heavily vegetated tropics by Muhammad Chindo, Musa, Hashim, Mazlan, Rasib, Abdul Wahid

“…Yet achievable coherence with Sentinel-1 SAR over the heavily vegetated humid tropic has rarely been reported. Consequently, this paper evaluates coherence achievable with Sentinel-1 SAR over the heavily vegetated humid tropic. …”
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External shading devices as passive daylighting strategy for resting corridor in tropics by Zakaria, Muhamad Faiz

“…The use of external shading devices as a passive daylighting approach aims to enhance the comfortability of the rest and relaxation space of the resting corridor in tropical climates. The purpose of this research is to determine the most convenient types of external shading devices that are intended to improve passive daylighting performance in tropical climate resting corridors. …”
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