Characteristic air temperature distributions observed in summer and winter in urban area in Japan

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 131, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 255-265

  Aikawa, Masahide ^a,c   Hiraki, Takatoshi ^a   Eiho, Jiro ^a   Miyazaki, Hiroshi ^b  

^a Hyogo Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

^b MUSEUM OF NATURE AND HUMAN ACTIVITIES   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Seasonal variation; Spatial distribution; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EXHAUST GASES; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETERS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EXHAUST HEAT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THERMOMETER SHELTERS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; EXHAUST EMISSION; HEAT ISLAND; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALTITUDE; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXHAUST GAS; HUMAN; JAPAN; LAND USE; SEASHORE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SUMMER; THERMOMETER; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; JAPAN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; HYOGO; JAPAN; KINKI;

EID: 34347387947     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9473-5     Document Type: Article

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