Micrometeorological and Hydraulic Properties of an Urban Green Space on a Warm Summer Day in a Mediterranean City (Attica–Greece)
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Temperature Attributes
3.2. Radiation Reflectance (Albedo)
3.3. Soil Water Infiltration
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Proutsos, N.D.; Solomou, A.D.; Petropoulou, M.; Chatzipavlis, N.E. Micrometeorological and Hydraulic Properties of an Urban Green Space on a Warm Summer Day in a Mediterranean City (Attica–Greece). Land 2022, 11, 2042. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11112042
Proutsos ND, Solomou AD, Petropoulou M, Chatzipavlis NE. Micrometeorological and Hydraulic Properties of an Urban Green Space on a Warm Summer Day in a Mediterranean City (Attica–Greece). Land. 2022; 11(11):2042. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11112042
Chicago/Turabian StyleProutsos, Nikolaos D., Alexandra D. Solomou, Michaela Petropoulou, and Nikolaos E. Chatzipavlis. 2022. "Micrometeorological and Hydraulic Properties of an Urban Green Space on a Warm Summer Day in a Mediterranean City (Attica–Greece)" Land 11, no. 11: 2042. https://doi.org/10.3390/land11112042