Road climate in cities: A study of the Stockholm area, South-East Sweden

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 481-489

  Gustavsson, Torbjörn ^a   Bogren, Jörgen ^a   Green, Cecilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROADS AND STREETS; TOPOGRAPHY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ROAD SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STOCKHOLM; URBAN AND RURAL AREAS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CLIMATE MODELING; HEAT ISLAND; ROAD TRANSPORT; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

STOCKHOLM [SWEDEN]; SWEDEN;

EID: 0041368556     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482701004091     Document Type: Article

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