Temporal dynamics of the urban heat island of Singapore

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 26, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2243-2260

  Chow, Winston T L ^a,b   Roth, Matthias ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Singapore; Temperature; Tropical urban climate; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; TROPICS;

TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; TROPICAL URBAN CLIMATE; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

CLIMATOLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT; HEAT ISLAND; TEMPORAL VARIATION; URBAN AREA; URBAN CLIMATE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33845491697     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1364     Document Type: Article

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