Climate variability and urbanization in Athens

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 63, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 65-72

  Philandras, C M ^a   Metaxas, D A ^a   Nastos, P Th ^a,b  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; URBANIZATION;

ATHENS; GREECE;

EID: 0032864791     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007040050092     Document Type: Article

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