Spatial patterns of the urban heat island in Zaragoza (Spain)

Climate Research

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-69

  Vicente Serrano, Sergio M ^a,b   Cuadrat Prats, José M ^a   Saz Sánchez, Miguel A ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PIRENAICO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Principal component analysis; Spain; Spatial patterns; Surface wind; Urban climate; Urban heat island; Zaragoza

Indexed keywords

HEAT ISLAND; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURFACE WIND; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ARAGON; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; ZARAGOZA;

EID: 30444439289     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr030061     Document Type: Article

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