An urban bias in air temperature fluctuations at the Klementinum, Prague, The Czech Republic

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 24-25, 1999, Pages 4211-4217

  Brázdil, Rudolf ^a   Budíková, Marie ^a  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Klementinum; Prague; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

URBAN WARMING;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

AIR TEMPERATURE; HEAT ISLAND; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; URBAN AREA;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CZECH REPUBLIC; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASON; URBAN AREA;

CZECH REPUBLIC; PRAGUE;

EID: 0344417909     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00163-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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