Heat island development in Mexico City

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 3821-3831

  Jauregui, Ernesto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Mexico City; Tropical urban climatology; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COOLING; EVAPORATION;

HEAT ISLANDS;

CLIMATOLOGY;

BOUNDARY LAYER; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

AIR MONITORING; AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CLOUD; COOLING; EVAPORATION; MEXICO; NIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; WIND;

MEXICO, MEXICO CITY;

EID: 0031282649     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00136-2     Document Type: Article

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