Progress in measuring and observing the urban atmosphere

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 84, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 3-22

  Grimmond, C S B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; DATA MANAGEMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; URBAN CLIMATE;

EID: 33644812784     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-005-0140-5     Document Type: Review

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