Potential effects of vegetation on the urban thermal environment

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 437-448

  Avissar, Roni ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesoscale atmospheric modeling; Urban atmospheric circulations; Urban micrometeorology

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CITY PLANNING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMIDITY; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; VEGETATION; WIND;

MESOSCALE ATMOSPHERIC MODEL; URBAN THERMAL PATTERN; VEGETATION TYPE;

EID: 0029669379     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1352-2310(95)00013-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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