Review of urban climate research in (sub)tropical regions

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 27, Issue 14, 2007, Pages 1859-1873

  Roth, Matthias ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Tropical urban climatology; Tropical urban energy balance; Tropical urban heat island

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT FLUX; HEAT STORAGE; LATENT HEAT;

LATENT HEAT FLUX; SURFACE HEAT STORAGE; TROPICAL URBAN CLIMATOLOGY; TROPICAL URBAN ENERGY BALANCE; TROPICAL URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

TROPICS;

DEVELOPING WORLD; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT ISLAND; LATENT HEAT FLUX; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPICAL REGION; URBAN CLIMATE;

EID: 36549031679     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1591     Document Type: Conference Paper

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