Urban - Rural contrasts of meteorological parameters in Łódź

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 84, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 91-101

  Fortuniak, K ^a   Klysik K ^a   Wibig, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; WATER VAPOR; WIND VELOCITY;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; LODZ [POLAND]; POLAND;

EID: 33644788156     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-005-0147-y     Document Type: Article

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