@article{ref1,
title="A micro-climatic study on cooling effect of an urban park in a hot and humid climate",
journal="Sustainable cities and society",
year="2017",
author="Lu, Jun and Li, Qiansong and Zeng, Liyue and Chen, Jing and Liu, Gaoxiang and Li, Yongcai and Li, Wuyan and Huang, Kailin",
volume="32",
number="",
pages="513-522",
abstract="The cooling effect of a 4.5ha urban forest park located in a dense city center area in a hot and humid climate was investigated with the three-dimensional microclimate simulation tool ENVI-met v3.1. Dynamic predictions are firstly performed with different wind directions (northerly, southerly, easterly and westerly) for a typical summer day. Then the meteorological data were averaged to eliminate the effect of wind direction, considering equal probability for each wind direction. Overall, when wind speed is 1.5m/s, park cool island (PCI) intensity is about 2°C and the PCI center is offset from the park center if a preponderant prevailing wind direction exists. After eliminating the influence of wind direction by considering equal probability for each wind direction, PCI intensity is about 0.8°C and the PCI center is near to the park center. A higher wind speed would lead to a lower PCI intensity and a smaller area of influence. Compared to air temperature, the spatial distributions of mean radiant temperature and relative humidity are not significantly affected by a preponderant prevailing wind direction. And mean radiant temperature was found to be about 30°C lower in shaded areas of the park.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2210-6707",
doi="10.1016/j.scs.2017.04.017",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scs.2017.04.017"
}