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Urban canopy parameter field measurements in Kampala, Uganda

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Raw urban canopy parameter measurements from fieldwork in Kampala (2018). Can be turned into detailed input fields for urban climate models.

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Zenodo DOI 10.5281/zenodo.3930199
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CC BY 4.0 Free to use and share, including commercially, as long as you credit the creators.
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Van de Walle, J., Brousse, O., Arnalsteen, L., Byarugaba, D., Ddumba, D. S., Demuzere, M., Lwasa, S., Nsangi, G., Sseviiri, H., & Thiery, W. (2020). Climate-relevant urban canopy parameter measurements in Kampala, Uganda [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3930199

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Details

Resource
Geometry, Measurements
Method
Field
Geometry
Realistic neighbourhood
Topic
Parameterisation
Location
Kampala, Uganda
Year
2020
Creators
Van de Walle, Jonas; Brousse, Oscar; Arnalsteen, Lien; Byarugaba, Disan; Ddumba, Daniel S.; Demuzere, Matthias; Lwasa, Shuaib; Nsangi, Gloria; Sseviiri, Hakimu; Thiery, Wim
Institution
Flemish Institute for Technological Research, Mol, Belgium; KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; Ruhr-University Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium

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