Associations between varying magnitudes of the urban heat island and the synoptic climatology in Melbourne, Australia

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 1931-1954

  Morris, C J G ^a   Simmonds, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Compositing synoptic pressurefields; Mean sea level pressure (MSLP); Melbourne; Temperature; Urban cool island (UCI); Urban heat island (UHI)

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; HEAT ISLAND; SEA LEVEL PRESSURE; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034491553     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0088(200012)20:15<1931::AID-JOC578>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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