Modelling of the annual mean maximum urban heat island using 2D and 3D surface parameters

Climate Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 215-226

  Unger, János ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Geoinformatical methods; Representative sample area; Stepwise multiple linear regression model; Stratified sampling; Urban heat island; Urban surface parameters; Weighted volumetric compactness

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BUILDINGS; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

HEAT ISLAND; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; URBAN CLIMATE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FEJER; HUNGARY; SZEGED;

EID: 33646780588     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr030215     Document Type: Article

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