Satellite-based adjustments for the urban heat island temperature bias

Journal of Applied Meteorology

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 806-813

  Gallo, Kevin P ^a,b   Owen, Timothy W ^b  

^a OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND APPLICATIONS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT ISLAND; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONAL VARIATION; URBAN CLIMATE;

EID: 0032743107     PISSN: 08948763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0450(1999)038<0806:SBAFTU>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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