Climatic behavior of various urban parks during hot and humid summer in the Mediterranean city of Tel Aviv, Israel

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1695-1711

  Potchter, Oded ^a   Cohen, Pninit ^a   Bitan, Arieh ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Grass; Heat stress; Mediterranean climate; Urban parks; Well treed park

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; PARKS; TEMPERATURE CONTROL; WIND STRESS;

HEAT STRESS; URBAN PARKS; WIND VELOCITY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; HEAT FLUX; PARK DESIGN; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SUMMER; URBAN CLIMATE;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST; TEL AVIV;

EID: 33750306122     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1330     Document Type: Article

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