Assessment of urban versus rural in situ surface temperatures in the contiguous United States: No difference found

Journal of Climate

Volumn 16, Issue 18, 2003, Pages 2941-2959

  Peterson, Thomas C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; METADATA; SATELLITES; THERMAL EFFECTS;

URBAN HEAT ISLANDS (UHI);

CLIMATOLOGY;

ERROR CORRECTION; HEAT ISLAND; RURAL AREA; SAMPLING BIAS; TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242286687     PISSN: 08948755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0442(2003)016<2941:AOUVRI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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