Intra-urban relationship between surface geometry and urban heat island: Review and new approach

Climate Research

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 253-264

  Unger, János ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Hungary; Linear regression; Scale; Sky view factor; Surface temperature; Szeged; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; HEAT ISLAND; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FEJER; HUNGARY; SZEGED; WORLD;

EID: 11044224717     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr027253     Document Type: Article

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