Numerical study of the effects of urban heat island on the characteristic features of the sea breeze circulation

Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 127-137

  Sarkar, Abhijit ^a   Saraswat, R S ^a   Chandrasekar, A ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Heat island circulation; Sea Breeze Front; Thermal internal boundary layer; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745990189     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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