Building density and interior building temperatures: A physical modeling experiment

Physical Geography

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 195-214

  Mills, Gerald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Building air temperature; Building density; Physical model; Urban canopy layer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000340459     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02723646.1997.10642616     Document Type: Article

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