Urban heat islands and summertime convective thunderstorms in Atlanta: Three case studies

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 507-516

  Bornstein, Robert ^a   Lin, Qinglu ^a  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Urban convergence zones; Urban heat islands; Urban precipitation

Indexed keywords

OZONE; RAIN;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; HEAT ISLAND; SUMMER; THUNDERSTORM; URBAN CLIMATE;

AIR QUALITY; CLIMATE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; METEOROLOGY; PRECIPITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS; UNITED STATES; WEATHER; WIND;

UNITED STATES;

AIR QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAT CONVECTION; METEOROLOGY; THUNDERSTORMS;

URBAN CONVERGENCE ZONES; URBAN HEAT ISLANDS;

AIR POLLUTION;

EID: 0033622990     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00374-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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