摘要
The thermal response of hedges alters the urban climate, resulting in energy and comfort affectations that impact city dwellers, so the aim of this study is to analyze the energy fluxes of urban horizontal coverage, especially expanded polystyrene waterproofed with elastomeric paint in the city of Mexicali, Baja California, located northwest of Mexico. The experiment was realized on summer of 2011 and 2012 by using four components radiometric sensor, eddy covariance equipment, which was possible to analyze the behavior and intensities of heat fluxes using the model Q＊ = QE ＋ QG ＋ QH ＋ QF ＋ QD. The results show that in both campaigns the sensible heat flux exceeds the net radiation, in 2011 the net radiation was 31.41 W/mE and sensible heat flux of 74.9 W/m2, in 2012 resulted 43.46 W/m2 and 87.32 W/mE, respectively. This additional heat flux is attributed to the thermal influence of the air conditioning units, which changes the energy balance model to Q＊ = QH ＋ QF ＋ QD. With the results arise the need for experimentation on a larger scale in which it is possible to model the flow in housing development. The knowledge of the energy balance model will help to propose materials that minimize the thermal impact to the city of Mexicali.
