Relation between heat island intensity and city size indices/urban canopy characteristics in settlements of Nagano basin, Japan

Geographical Review of Japan

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 812-824

  Sakakibara, Yasushi ^a   Matsui, Emi ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Imure Elementary School   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japan; Population; Temperature; Urban climate; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

CANOPY; HEAT ISLAND; SIZE EFFECT; URBAN CLIMATE;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; NAGANO;

EID: 28044431840     PISSN: 13479555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4157/grj.78.812     Document Type: Article

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