Urban heat islands developing in coastal tropical cities

Eos

Volumn 86, Issue 42, 2005, Pages

  González, Jorge E ^a,b   Luvall, Jeffrey C ^c   Rickman, Douglas ^c   Comarazamy, Daniel ^d   Picón, Ana J ^b   Harmsen, Eric W ^b   Parsiani, Hamed ^b   Ramírez, Nazario ^b   Vásquez, Ramón E ^b   Williams, Robin ^b   Waide, Robert B ^e   Tepley, Craig A ^f  

^a Santa Clara University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c Global Hydrology and Climate Center   (United States)

^d SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^f Arecibo Observatory   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; COASTAL STRUCTURE; HEAT FLUX; TROPICAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 33746375043     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005EO420001     Document Type: Review

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