Urban-rural vapour pressure differences and their role in the development of urban heat islands

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 989-1009

  Holmer, Björn ^a   Eliasson, Ingegärd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Advection; High latitude city; Humidity; Latent heat flux; Longwave radiation; Statistical analysis; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; HEAT ISLAND; HUMIDITY; LATENT HEAT FLUX; LONGWAVE RADIATION; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URBAN CLIMATE;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0032735892     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0088(199907)19:9<989::AID-JOC410>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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