Comparisons of urban and rural bioclimatological conditions in the case of a Central-European city

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 139-144

  Unger, János ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bioclimatological indices; Humidity; Medium sized city; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLIMATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; RURAL POPULATION; SEASON; URBAN POPULATION;

CLIMATE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEASONS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0033219580     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004840050129     Document Type: Article

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