The influence of green areas on nocturnal temperatures in a high latitude city (Goteborg, Sweden)

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 681-700

  Upmanis, Hillevi ^a   Eliasson, Ingegärd ^a   Lindqvist, Sven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; MICROMETEOROLOGY; URBAN PARK; WEATHER PATTERN;

SWEDEN, GOTEBORG;

EID: 0031848052     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199805)18:6<681::AID-JOC289>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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