Assessment of the Trend of Albedo: A Case Study of Palermo

Abstract:

In this paper we propose a case study of urban heat island applied to Palermo. The urban heat island (UHI) is the most studied of the climate effects of settlements. The UHI refers to the generally warm urban temperatures compared to those over surrounding, non-urban, areas. The aim of this paper is to find a connection among the average rise in temperature and the modification of albedo.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 734-737)
• Pages: 1865-1869
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.734-737.1865
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Vincenzo Franzitta, Alessia Viola, Marco Trapanese, Silvia Costanzo
• Keywords: Albedo, Bioengineering, Global Warming, Solar Radiation

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