Mesoscale and macroscale aspects of the morning Urban Heat Island around Athens, Greece

Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

Volumn 94, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 209-218

  Kassomenos, P A ^a   Katsoulis, B D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICYCLONE; COOLING; HEAT ISLAND; MESOSCALE MOTION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SEA BREEZE; TROPOSPHERE; URBAN AREA;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 33750526208     PISSN: 01777971     EISSN: 14365065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00703-006-0191-x     Document Type: Article

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