Effect of Vegetation on Microclimate

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to estimate the effect of greenery on microclimate.The temperature and other climatic factors of inside and outside of greenery were compared.
On a midsummer sunny day in full sunshine, the difference of temperature of inside and outside of forest were 2-3°C at most. But man feels much cooler when walks into a forest. Then glove temperature were measured with glove thermometers. The difference of glove temperatures of inside and outside of the forest was 17.1°C when the difference of air temperature of them was only 1.6°C. This result suggested that glove temperature is more effective to show the temperature difference felt by human body. Then glove temperatures, air temperatures and other climatic factors were measures around various greeneries. As a result of these experiments, the effect of greenery on microclimate were expressed quantitatively.