An analysis of heat index over Naples (Southern Italy) in the context of European heat wave of 2003

Natural Hazards

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 373-379

  Di Cristo, R ^a   Mazzarella, A ^a   Viola, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apparent temperature; Heat index; Heat wave; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; HEAT ISLAND; MORTALITY;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; NAPLES; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846374428     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-006-0033-7     Document Type: Article

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