Assessment of impact of urbanization on climate: An application of bio-climatic index

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 24-25, 1999, Pages 4125-4133

  Deosthali, Vrishali ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

Discomfort; Diurnal and seasonal variation; Moisture island; Moving average

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATIC INDEX; DISCOMFORT INDEX (DI); TEMPERATURE-HUMIDITY INDEX (THI);

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MOISTURE; URBAN PLANNING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; MOISTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; WEATHER; WINTER;

EID: 0033041353     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00154-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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