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Akbari, H. 1998. "Cool Roofs Save Energy," ASHRAE proceedings, pp. 791-796, January. Also Report No. LBNL-40259, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.

Akbari, H., S. Konopacki, C. Eley, B. Wilcox, M. Van Geem and D. Parker. 1998. "Calculations in Support of SSP90.1 for Reflective Roofs," ASHRAE proceedings, pp. 984-995, January. Also Report No. LBNL-40260, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.

Akbari, H., S. Konopacki and M. Pomerantz. 1999. "Cooling Energy Savings Potential of Reflective Roofs for Residential and Commercial Buildings in the United States," Energy the International Journal, 24:391-407. Also Report No. LBNL-42546, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.

Akbari, H., M. Pomerantz, H. Taha. 1999. "Cool Surfaces and Shade Trees to Reduce Energy Use and Improve Air Quality in Urban Areas", Solar Energy Journal. Also Report No. LBNL-42637, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.

Akbari, H. and A. H. Rosenfeld. 1997. "Cool Buildings and Cool Communities," June 9-12, Paris, France, Proceedings of Second International Conference on Buildings and the Environment, 2. pp. 301-308, published by Centre Scientifique et Technique du Batiment, 4, Avenue du Recteur Poincare, 75782 Paris Cedex 16, France.

Akbari, H., R. Levinson, and P. Berdahl. 1996. " ASTM Standards for Measuring Solar Reflectance and Infrared Emittance of Construction Materials and Comparing their Steady-State Surface Temperature," 1996, Pacific Grove, CA, Proceedings of the 1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, 1, p. 1. Also Report No. LBL-38676, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.

Akbari, H., D. Kurn, H. Taha, S. Bretz, and J. Hanford. 1997. "Peak Power and Cooling Energy Savings of Shade Trees," Energy and Buildings - Special Issue on Urban Heat Islands and Cool Communities, 25(2), pp. 139-148. Excerpts from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-34411, Berkeley, CA.

Akbari, H., S. Bretz, H. Taha, D. Kurn, and J. Hanford. 1997. "Peak Power and Cooling Energy Savings of High-albedo Roofs," Energy and Buildings - Special Issue on Urban Heat Islands and Cool Communities, 25(2), pp. 117-126. Excerpts from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-34411, Berkeley, CA.

Akbari, H., A. Rosenfeld, H. Taha, and L. Gartland. 1996. "Mitigation of Summer Urban Heat Islands to Save Electricity and Smog," January 28-February 2, 1996, Atlanta, GA, Proceedings of the 76th Annual American Meteorological Society Meeting. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-37787, Berkeley, CA.

Akbari, H., A. Rosenfeld, and H. Taha. 1995. "Cool Construction Materials Offer Energy Savings and Help Reduce Smog," November 1995, ASTM Standardization News, 23, No. 11, pp. 32-37. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-38071, Berkeley, CA.

Akbari, H., B. Fishman, and G. Frohnsdorff (eds.). 1994. Proceedings of the Workshop on Cool Building Materials National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Institute of Standards and Technology, February 28, 1994, Gaithersburg, MD. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-35514, Berkeley, CA.

Akbari H., S. Bretz, J. Hanford, D. Kurn, B. Fishman, and H. Taha. 1993. "Monitoring Peak Power and Cooling Energy Savings of Shade Trees and White Surfaces in the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) Service Area: Data Analysis, Simulations, and Results," Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-34411, Berkeley, CA.

Akbari H., W. Bos, S. Bretz, J. Hanford, A. Rosenfeld, D. Sailor, and H. Taha. 1992. "Monitoring Peak Power and Cooling Energy Savings of Shade Trees and White Surfaces in the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) Service Area: Project Design and Preliminary Results." Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-33342, Berkeley, CA.

Akbari H., H. Taha, and D. Sailor. 1992. "Measured Savings in Air Conditioning From Shade Trees and White Surfaces," Proceedings of the ACEEE 1992 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 1992, Pacific Grove, CA, Vol. 9, p. 1. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-32316, Berkeley, CA.

Akbari, H., S. Davis, S. Dosano, J. Huang, and S. Winnett (eds.) 1992. "Cooling Our Communities: A Guidebook on Tree Planting and Light-Colored Surfacing," United States Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-31587, Berkeley, CA.

Akbari, H. and H. Taha. 1991. "The Impact of Trees and White Surfaces on Residential Heating and Cooling Energy Use in Four Canadian Cities," Energy, the International Journal, 17(2), pp. 141-149, 1992. Also published as The Tree-House Effect: "The Impact of Trees and White Surfaces on Residential Heating and Cooling Energy Use in Four Canadian Cities," Friends of the Earth, Ottawa, Canada, 1991. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-30131, Berkeley, CA.

Akbari, H. 1990. "Heat Islands, White Surfaces, Urban Trees: Impact on Heating and Cooling Energy Use and the Urban Environment," Proceedings of the Conference on Enhancing Electricity's Value to Society, Canadian Electric Association, October 22-24, 1990, Toronto, Canada, Vol. 2, pp. 865-882.

Akbari, H., A. Rosenfeld, and H. Taha. 1990. "Summer Heat Islands, Urban Trees, and White Surfaces," Proceedings of American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers, Atlanta, GA, (February). Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-28308, Berkeley, CA.

Akbari, H. and A. Rosenfeld. 1990. "Urban Trees and White Surfaces for Saving Energy and Reducing Atmospheric Pollution," Testimony before the Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms, and Energy of the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Serial No. 101-37, June 7, 1989, pp. 35-80.

Akbari, H. and A. Rosenfeld. 1990. "Conservation Supply Curves for Reducing CO₂ Emission," Comments for a California Energy Commission Electricity Report Hearing (ER-90), Valuing Emission Reduction for Electricity Report 90, January 25, 1990, Sacramento, CA.

Akbari, H., A. Rosenfeld, and H. Taha. 1989. "Cooling Urban Heat Islands," Presented at the Fourth AFA Urban Forestry Conference, October 16-18, 1989, St. Louis, MO.

Akbari, H., A. Rosenfeld, and H. Taha. 1989. "Recent Developments in Heat Island Studies: Technical and Policy," Proceedings of the Workshop on Saving Energy and Reducing Atmospheric Pollution by Controlling Summer Heat Islands, February 23-24, 1989, Berkeley, CA, pp. 14-30. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-27872, Berkeley, CA.

Akbari, H., J. Huang, P. Martien, L. Rainer, A. Rosenfeld, and H. Taha. 1988. "The Impact of Summer Heat Islands on Cooling Energy Consumption and Global CO₂ Emissions," Proceedings of ACEEE 1988 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 1988, Pacific Grove, CA, 5, pp. 11-23. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-25179, Berkeley, CA.

Akbari, H., H. Taha, P. Martien, and J. Huang. 1987. "Strategies for Reducing Urban Heat Islands: Savings, Conflicts, and City's Role," Presented at the First National Conference on Energy Efficient Cooling, Oct 21-22, 1987, San Jose, CA. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-23962, Berkeley, CA.

Akbari, H., H. Taha, P. Martien, and A. Rosenfeld. 1987. "The Impact of Summer Heat Islands on Residential Cooling Energy Consumption," Presented at the 8th Miami International Conference on Alternative Energy Sources, Dec 14-16, 1987, Miami, FL. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-24348, Berkeley, CA.

Akbari, H., H. Taha, J. Huang, and A. Rosenfeld. 1986. "Undoing Summer Heat Island Can Save Giga Watts of Power," Proceedings of ACEEE 1986 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 17-23, 1986, Santa Cruz, CA, Vol. 2, pp. 7-22. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-21893, Berkeley, CA.

Benjamin, M. and A. Winer. 1994. "Implementation of a Geographical Information System (GIS) to Produce Spatially-Resolved Biomass and Biogenic Hydrocarbon Inventories" and "Development of Spatially-Resolved Land-Use and Biomass Inventories for the South Coast Air Basin," Chapters 7 and 8 in H. Taha (ed), pp. 219-230 and pp. 231-258. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-35728, Berkeley, CA.

Benjamin, M. and A. Winer. 1994. "Estimation of Hydrocarbon Emissions from Trees Using Phylogenetic Relationships" and "Development of Spatially- and Temporarily-Resolved Biogenic Hydrocarbon Emission Inventories for the South Coast Air Basin" and "Spatially-Resolved Estimate of Pollutant Removal by Vegetation in the South Coast Air Basin," Chapters 9, 10, and 11 in H. Taha (ed), pp. 259-322, 323-370, and 371-406. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-35728, Berkeley, CA.

Berdahl, P. 1995. "Building Energy Efficiency and Fire Safety Aspects of Reflective Coatings", 1995, Energy and Buildings, 22, pp. 187-191. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-34863, Berkeley, CA.

Berdahl, P. and S. Bretz. 1997. "Preliminary Survey of the Solar Reflectance of Cool Roofing Materials," Energy and Buildings - Special Issue on Urban Heat Islands and Cool Communities, 25(2), pp. 149-158. Also, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-36020, Berkeley, CA.

Berdahl, P. and S. Bretz. 1994. "Spectral Solar Reflectance of Various Roof Materials," Expanded abstract presented at the Cool Building and Paving Materials Workshop, July 11-12, 1994, Hilton Hotel, Gaithersburg, MD. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.

Berdahl, P. 1994. "Technical Issues for the Development of Cool Building Materials," Proceedings of the Workshop on Cool Building Materials National Institute of Standards and Technology, February 28, 1994, Gaithersburg, MD, pp. 47-57. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-35514, Berkeley, CA.

Bloch, L. and A. Winer. 1994. "Assessment of Environmental Factors Involved in Tree Planting Programs," Chapter 12 in H. Taha (ed), pp. 407-419. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-35728, Berkeley, CA.

Bretz, S., H. Akbari, and A. Rosenfeld. 1997. "Practical Issues for Using High-Albedo Materials to Mitigate Urban Heat Islands," Atmospheric Environment, 32(1), pp. 95-101. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-38170, Berkeley, CA.

Bretz, S. and H. Akbari. 1997. "Long-term Performance of High-Albedo Roof Coatings," Energy and Buildings - Special Issue on Urban Heat Islands and Cool Communities, 25(2), pp. 159-167. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-38572, Berkeley, CA.

Bretz, S. and H. Akbari. 1994. "Durability of High-Albedo Roof Coatings," Proceedings of the ACEEE 1994 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 1994, Pacific Grove, CA, 9, p. 65. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-34974, Berkeley, CA.

Bretz, S. H. Akbari, A. Rosenfeld, and H. Taha. 1992. "Implementation of Solar-Reflective Surfaces: Materials and Utility Programs." Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-32467, Berkeley, CA.

Bretz, S. and A. Rosenfeld. 1992. "Mitigation of Urban Heat Islands: Materials and Utility Programs," Presented to the NIGEC "Supercities Conference," October 28, 1992, San Francisco, CA.

Decot, M. E. 1996. "Cool Communities Approach to an Energy-Efficient Economy and Beyond," Proceedings of the 1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Pacific Grove, CA, Vol. 8, p. 31.

Fishman, B., H. Taha, and H. Akbari. 1994. "Meso-Scale Cooling Effects of High Albedo Surfaces: Analysis of Meteorological Data from White Sands National Monument and White Sands Missile Range." Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-35056, Berkeley, CA.

Fishman, B., H. Taha, and J. Hanford. 1994. "Albedo and Vegetation Mitigation Strategies in the South Coast Air Basin: Impacts of Total System Load for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and Southern California Edison." Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Draft Report LBL-35910, Berkeley, CA.

Gabersek, S. and H. Taha. 1995. "A Preliminary Multi-city Assessment of the Impacts of Increased Urban Albedo and Vegetation on Regional Meteorology and Energy Use," Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-37887, Berkeley, CA.

Garbesi, K., H. Akbari, and P. Martien, (eds.). 1989. "Controlling Summer Heat Islands," Proceedings of the Workshop on Saving Energy and Reducing Atmospheric Pollution by Controlling Summer Heat Islands, February 23-24, 1989, Berkeley, CA. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-27872, Berkeley, CA.

Gartland, L. M., S. J. Konopacki, and H. Akbari. 1996. " Modeling the Effects of Reflective Roofing," Proceedings of the 1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Pacific Grove, CA, Vol. 4, p. 117. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Report LBL-38580, Berkeley, CA.

Huang J., S. Davis, and H. Akbari, 1991. "A Synopsis of cooling our communities: The Guidebook on Tree Planting and Light-Colored Surfaces," Chapter 20, Energy Efficiency and the Environment, E. Vine, D. Crawley, P. Centolella (Eds.), American Council for and Energy Efficient Economy, Washington, D.C.

Huang, J., S. Davis, and H. Akbari. 1990. "A Guidebook for the Control of Summer Heat Islands," Proceedings of the ACEEE 1990 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 1990, Pacific Grove, CA, 4, pp. 79-85. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-29224, Berkeley, CA.

Huang, J., H. Akbari, and H. Taha. 1990. "The Wind-Shielding and Shading Effects of Trees on Residential Heating and Cooling Requirements," Proceedings of American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air Conditioning Engineers, February 1990, Atlanta, GA. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-24131, Berkeley, CA.

Huang, J., H. Akbari, H. Taha, and A. Rosenfeld. 1987. "The Potential of Vegetation in Reducing Summer Cooling Load in Residential Buildings," J. of Climate and Applied Meteorology, July 1986, 26, No. 9, pp. 1103-1116. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-21291, Berkeley, CA.

Konopacki, S. and H. Akbari. 1996. "Estimates of Energy Consumption by Building Type and End Use at U.S. Army Installations," Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBNL-38577, Berkeley, CA.

Konopacki, S., H. Akbari, M. Pomerantz, S. Gabersek, and L. Gartland. 1997. " Cooling Energy Savings Potential of Light-Colored Roofs for Residential and Commercial Buildings in 11 U.S. Metropolitan Areas," Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-39433, Berkeley, CA.

Kurn, D. M., S. Bretz, B. Huang, and H. Akbari. 1994. "The Potential for Reducing Urban Air Temperatures and Energy Consumption Through Vegetative Cooling," Proceedings of the ACEEE 1994 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 1994, Pacific Grove, CA, 9, p. 155. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-35320, Berkeley, CA.

Levinson, R. 1997. " Near-ground cooling efficacies of trees and high-albedo surfaces," Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-40334, Berkeley, CA.

Levinson, R., H. Akbari, and L. M. Gartland. 1996. " Impact of the Temperature Dependency of Fiberglass Insulation R-Value on Cooling Energy Use in Buildings," Proceedings of the 1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 1996, Pacific Grove, CA, 10, p. 85. Also Report LBL-38678, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.

Lipkis, A. and K. Lipkis. 1989. "Taking it to the Streets: Inspiring Public Action," Proceedings of the Workshop on Saving Energy and Reducing Atmospheric Pollution by Controlling Summer Heat Islands, February 23-24, 1989, Berkeley, CA, pp. 312-324. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-27872, Berkeley, CA.

Liu, X. 1994. "Estimating Surface Albedo Using AVHRR Satellite Imagery" and "Surface Albedo Database of the South Coast Air Basin from AVHRR Satellite Imagery," Chapters 3 and 5 in H. Taha, (ed.). 1994. pp. 123-160. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-35827, Berkeley, CA.

Martien, P., H. Akbari, A. Rosenfeld, and J. Duchesne. 1989. "Approaches to Using Models of Urban Climates in Building Energy Simulation," Proceedings of the Workshop on Saving Energy and Reducing Atmospheric Pollution by Controlling Summer Heat Islands, February 23-24, 1989, Berkeley, CA, pp. 150-173b. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-27872, Berkeley, CA.

Nowak, D.J., Cardelino, C.A., Rao, S.T., Taha, H. 1998. Estimating cost effectiveness of residential yard trees for improving air quality in Sacramento, California, using existing models. Atmospheric Environment, 32, No. 14-15, pp. 2709-2710.

Orvis, K. and H. Akbari. 1992. "The Use of Remotely-Sensed Data as a Tool in Urban Heat Island Investigations: An Overview," Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-31875, Berkeley, CA.

Orvis K., and H. Akbari. 1992. "Remote Sensing Imagery in Urban Energy Program Assessment," Proceedings of the ACEEE 1992 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 1992, Pacific Grove, CA, 9, p. 133. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-33554, Berkeley, CA. 1992.

Pomerantz, M., H. Akbari, P. Berdahl, S. Konopacki, H. Taha, and A. H. Rosenfeld. 1999. "Reflective surfaces for cooler buildings and cities", Phil. Mag. B. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBNL-43673, Berkeley, CA.

Pomerantz, M. and H. Akbari. 1998. "Cooler Paving Materials for Heat Island Mitigation," Proceedings of the ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 1998, Pacific Grove, CA, 9, pp. 135 - 146. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-42550, Berkeley, CA. 1998.

Rainer, L., P, Martien, and H. Taha. 1989. "Measurement of Summer Residential Microclimates in Sacramento CA," Proceedings of the Workshop on Urban Heat Islands, Berkeley CA, (February 23-24). Published in Proceedings of the Workshop on Saving Energy and Reducing Atmospheric Pollution by Controlling Summer Heat Islands, February 23-24, Berkeley CA, pp. 14-30. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-27872, Berkeley, CA.

Rosenfeld, A. H., J. J. Romm, H. Akbari, and M. Pomerantz. 1997. "Cool Communities: Strategies for Heat Islands Mitigation and Smog Reduction," Submitted to Energy and Buildings. Also Report No. LBL-38667, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.

Rosenfeld, A. H., J. J. Romm, H. Akbari, M. Pomerantz, and H. Taha. 1996. "Policies to Reduce Heat Islands: Magnitudes of Benefits and Incentives to Achieve them," Proceedings of the 1996 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 1996, Pacific Grove, CA, 9, p. 177. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Report LBL-38679, Berkeley, CA.

Rosenfeld A., H. Akbari, S. Bretz, B. Fishman, D. Kurn, D, Sailor, and H. Taha. 1995. "Mitigation of Urban Heat Islands: Material, Utility Programs, Updates," Energy and Buildings, 22, pp. 255-265. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-36587, Berkeley, CA.

Rosenfeld A., H. Akbari, H. Taha, and S. Bretz. 1992. "Implementation of Light-Colored Surfaces: Profits for Utilities and Labels for Paints," Proceedings of the ACEEE 1992 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 1992, Pacific Grove, CA, 9, p. 141.

Sailor, D. 1994. "Mesoscale Meteorological Modeling," Chapter 4 in H. Taha (ed.), pp. 87-122. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-35728, Berkeley, CA.

Sailor, D., 1993. "The Role of Surface Characteristics in Urban Meteorology and Air Quality," Ph.D. Thesis. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-34459, Berkeley, CA.

Sailor D., H. Akbari, and L. Rainer, 1992. "Measured Impact of Neighborhood Tree Cover on Microclimate," Proceedings of the ACEEE 1992 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 1992, Pacific Grove, CA, 9, p. 149. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-32419, Berkeley, CA.

Sailor, D., H. Akbari, and P. Martien. 1992. "On the Ability to Model Near-Surface Urban Air Temperatures," Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-31406, Berkeley, CA.

Sailor D. and H. Akbari. 1992. "Meteorological Modeling Applications in Building Energy Simulations," Proceedings of the ACEEE 1992 Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, August 1992, Pacific Grove, CA, 9, p. 145. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-32420, Berkeley, CA.

Smith, C., H. Akbari, and S. Bretz. 1995. "Microclimate Effects Near the Ground in the Suburban Environment," Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-37876, Berkeley, CA.

Taha, H. 1998. "Modifying a Mesoscale Meteorological Model to Better Incorporate Urban Heat Storage: A Bulk-Parameterization Approach," accepted for publication in the Journal of Applied Meteorology.

Taha, H., S. Konopacki, and H. Akbari. 1997. "Impacts of lowered urban air temperatures on precursor emission and ozone air quality," In press, Journal of Air and Waste Management Association. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBNL-40694, Berkeley, CA.

Taha, H., S. Douglas, and J. Haney. 1997. "Mesoscale Meteorological and Air Quality Impacts of Increased Urban Albedo and Vegetation," Energy and Buildings - Special Issue on Urban Heat Islands and Cool Communities, 25(2), pp. 169-177. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-36887. Berkeley, CA.

Taha, H. 1997. "Modeling the Impacts of Large-scale Albedo Changes on Ozone Air Quality in the South Coast Air Basin," Atmospheric Environment, 31(11), pp. 1667-1676. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-36890, Berkeley, CA.

Taha, H. and H. Akbari. 1997. "Urban Climates and Heat Islands: Albedo Evapotranspiration, and Anthropogenic Heat," Energy and Buildings - Special Issue on Urban Heat Islands and Cool Communities, 25(2), pp. 99-103. Excerpts from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-38251, Berkeley, CA.

Taha, H. and Meier, A., 1997, "Mitigation of urban heat islands: Meteorology, energy, and air quality impacts," Proceedings of the International Symposium on Monitoring and Management of Urban Heat Island, CREST/JST, pp. 124- 163, November 19-20, Keio University, Fujisawa, Japan.

Taha, H., Konopacki, S., and Gabersek, S. 1996. "Impacts of large-scale surface modifications on meteorological conditions and energy use: A 10-region modeling study," Accepted for publication in Theoretical and Applied Climatology.

Taha, H. 1996. "Modeling the Impacts of Increased Urban Vegetation on the Ozone Air Quality in the South Coast Air Basin," Atmospheric Environment, 30(20), pp. 3423-3430. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-37317, Berkeley, CA.

Taha, H., S. Douglas, J. Haney, A. Winer, M. Benjamin, D. Hall, J. Hall, X. Liu, and B. Fishman. 1995. "Modeling the Ozone Air Quality Impacts of Increased Albedo and Urban Forest in the South Coast Air Basin," Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-37316. Berkeley, CA.

Taha, H. (ed). 1994. "Analysis of Energy Efficiency and Air Quality in the South Coast Air Basin of California," Includes chapters by: H. Taha, D. Sailor, X. Liu, M. Benjamin, and A. Winer. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-35728, Berkeley, CA.

Taha, H., S. Douglas, and J. Haney. 1994. "The UAM Sensitivity Analysis: The August 26-28, 1987 Oxidant Episode," Chapter 1 in H. Taha (ed) 1994, pp. 1-42. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-35728, Berkeley, CA.

Taha, H. 1994. "Aircraft-based Albedo Measurements Over the South Coast Air Basin," Chapter 2 in H. Taha (ed) 1994, pp. 43-58. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-35728, Berkeley, CA.

Taha, H. 1994. "Combined Meteorological and Photochemical Simulations of the South Coast Air Basin," Chapter 6 in H. Taha (ed) 1994, pp. 161-218. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-35728, Berkeley, CA.

Taha H. and R. Ritschard. 1993. "Impacts of Global Climate Change on Cities: Energy, Ozone, and Surface Characteristics," Presented at the Fourth Global Warming International Conference, April 5-8, 1993, Chicago, IL. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-36892, Berkeley, CA.

Taha, Sailor, Ritschard, Huang, and Winer, 1992. "Database on Albedo, Surface Moisture, and Roughness Length for Meteorological Simulations of the South Coast Air Basin," Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Report LBL-33051.

Taha, H., D. Sailor, and H. Akbari. 1992. "High-Albedo Materials for Reducing Building Cooling Energy Use," Presented at the 1st CIEE R&D Conference, August 27-29, 1991, University of California at San Diego, Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-31721, Berkeley, CA.

Taha, H., H. Akbari, and A. Rosenfeld. 1991. "Heat Island and Oasis Effects of Vegetative Canopies: Micrometeorological Field Measurements," Theoretical and Applied Climatology, 44, No. 2, pp. 123-138. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-36893, Berkeley, CA.

Taha, H., H. Akbari, and D. Sailor. 1991. "On the Simulation of Urban Climates: Sensitivity to Surface Parameters and Anthropogenic Heat," previously LBL-29864, now Technical Note available from author. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.

Taha, H. 1990. "An Urban Microclimate Model for Site-Specific Building Energy Simulation: Boundary Layers, Urban Canyon, and Building Conditions," Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-29630, Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.

Taha, H., H. Akbari, A. Rosenfeld, and J. Huang, 1988. "Residential Cooling Loads and the Urban Heat Island: The Effect of Albedo," Energy and Environment, 23, No. 4, pp. 271-283. Also Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-24008, Berkeley, CA.

Taha, H. 1988. "Site-Specific Heat Island Simulations: Model Development and Application to Microclimate Conditions," Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-26105, Masters Thesis, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.

Taha, H. 1988. "Nighttime Air Temperature and the Sky View Factor: A Case Study in San Francisco CA," Personal Notes. Contact lead author at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA.

Taha, H., H. Akbari, and A. Rosenfeld. 1988. "Vegetation Canopy Micro-Climate: A Field Project in Davis, California." Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Report LBL-24593, Berkeley, CA.


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