Intra-urban differences in canopy layer air temperature at a mid-latitude city

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1243-1255

  Erell, E ^a   Williamson, T ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Daytime cool island; Field study; Nocturnal heat island; Thermal mass

Indexed keywords

DAYTIME COOL ISLAND; METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; NOCTURNAL HEAT ISLAND; THERMAL MASS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CLIMATE CHANGE; HEAT CONVECTION; TROPICS;

METEOROLOGY;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CANOPY EXCHANGE; HEAT ISLAND; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; STREET CANYON; SUBURBAN AREA; SURFACE AREA; URBAN CLIMATE;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 34447639804     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1469     Document Type: Article

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