Solar energy at urban scale / edited by Benoit Beckers.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The odyssey of remote sensing from space: half a century of satellites for earth observations / Th Pirard -- Territorial and urban measurements / Marius Paulescu and Viorel Badescu -- Sky luminance models / Matej Kobav and Grega Biziak -- Satellite images applied to surface solar radiation estimation / Bella Espinar and Philippe Blanc -- Worldwide aspects of solar radiation impact / Benoit Beckers -- Local energy balance / Pierre Kastendeuch -- Evapotranspiration / Marjorie Musy -- Multiscale daylight modeling for urban environments / John Mardaljevic and George M. Janes -- Geometrical models of the city / Daniel G. Allaga -- Radiative simulation methods / Pierre Beckers and Benoit Beckers -- Radiation modeling using the finite element method / Tom van Eekelen -- Dense cities in the tropical zone / Edward Ng -- Dense cities in temperate climates: solar and daylight rights / Guedi Capeluto -- Solar potential and solar impact / Fric Monette and Beniot Beckers -- Conclusion / Benoit Beckers -- Appendix 1: Table of Europe's platforms (Micro- and minisatellites) for Earth observations / Th Pirard -- Appendix 2: Commercial operators of Earth observation (EO) satellites (as of January 1, 2012) / Th Pirard -- Appendix 3: Earth's annual global mean energy budget / Benoit Beckers.