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ArticlePloS one2022

Comparing the hydrological performance of an irrigated native vegetation green roof with a conventional Sedum spp. green roof in New York City.

Nandan H Shetty, Robert M Elliott, Mark Wang, Matthew I Palmer, Patricia J Culligan

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Article in PloS one, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nandan H ShettyDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, The Citadel, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-1025-1992
Robert M ElliottDepartment of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America.
Mark WangDepartment of Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-0663-7980
Matthew I PalmerDepartment of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America.
Patricia J CulliganDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America.
Columbia University · USCitadel · USUniversity of Notre Dame · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of this study was to compare the hydrological performance of an irrigated, 127 mm deep green roof, planted with vegetation native to the New York City area, to a conventional, non-irrigated, 100 mm deep green roof, planted with drought-tolerant Sedum spp. Four years of climate and runoff data from both green roofs were analyzed to determine seasonal stormwater retention. Empirical relationships between rainfall and runoff were developed for both roofs, and applied to historical rainfall data in order to compare stormwater retention values for different rainfall depths. Crop coefficients for the vegetation on each green roof were estimated using the soil moisture extraction function. This function was also used to estimate monthly evapotranspiration. Despite being irrigated, the green roof with native vegetation retained more stormwater per annum (64%) than the non-irrigated green roof planted with Sedum spp. (54%). The green roof planted with native vegetation also had approximately twice the crop coefficient (1.13) than the green roof planted with Sedum spp. (0.57), indicating that the New York City native plants transpire more stormwater than the Sedum spp. plants given certain climate and substrate moisture conditions. Overall, the results of the study indicate that, for the New York City climate region, irrigated green roofs of native vegetation have the capacity to better manage stormwater than non-irrigated green roofs planted with drought-tolerant succulents.

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SedumConservation of Natural ResourcesHydrologyNew York CityPlantsRain

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PMID35443016
PMCPMC9020694
OpenAlexW4224256403

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