Land-use and meteorological aspects of the urban heat island

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 189-194

  Unger, J ^a   Sumeghy Z ^a   Gulyas A ^a   Bottyan Z ^b   Mucsi, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b Zrínyi University   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; LANDFORMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WIND;

METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS; METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS; MULTIPLE CORRELATION; SEASONAL MEAN; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; THERMAL CONDITION; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; HEAT ISLAND; ISOTHERM; LAND USE PLANNING; METEOROLOGY; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; URBAN AREA;

FEJER; HUNGARY; SZEGED;

EID: 18044399507     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1350482701002067     Document Type: Article

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