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Urban heat mitigation by roof surface materials during the East Asian summer monsoon : 동아시아 여름 몬순 기간 동안 지붕 표면 재료에 의한 도시 열 완화

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이승준

Advisor
류영렬
Major
농업생명과학대학 생태조경·지역시스템공학부(생태조경학)
Issue Date
2016-02
Publisher
서울대학교 대학원
Keywords
White roofgreen roofurban heat island and East Asian summer monsoonalbedoNDVI
Description
학위논문 (석사)-- 서울대학교 대학원 : 생태조경·지역시스템공학부 생태조경학전공, 2016. 2. 류영렬.
Abstract
Roof surface materials, such as green and white roofs, have attracted attention in their role in urban heat mitigation, and various studies have assessed the cooling performance of roof surface materials during hot and sunny summer seasons. However, summers in the East Asian monsoon climate region are characterized by significant fluctuations in weather events, such as dry periods, heatwaves, and rainy and cloudy days. This study investigated the efficacy of different roof surface materials for heat mitigation, considering the temperatures both at and beneath the surface of the roof covering materials during a summer monsoon in Seoul, Korea. We performed continuous observations of temperature at and beneath the surface of the roof covering materials, and manual observation of albedo and the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) for a white roof, two green roofs (grass [Poa pratensis] and sedum [Sedum sarmentosum]), and a reference surface. Overall, the surface temperature of the white roof was significantly lower than that of the grass and sedum roofs (1.1 and 1.3°C), whereas the temperature beneath the surface of the white roof did not differ significantly from that of the grass and sedum roofs during the summer. The degree of cloudiness significantly modified the surface temperature of the white roof compared with that of the grass and sedum roofs, which depended on plant metabolisms. It was difficult for the grass to maintain its cooling ability without adequate watering management. After considering the cooling performance and maintenance efforts for different environmental conditions, we concluded that white roof performed better in urban heat mitigation than grass and sedum during the East Asian summer monsoon. Our findings will be useful in urban heat mitigation in the region.
Language
English
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/10371/125535
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