Cooling rates, sky view factors and the development of intra-urban air temperature difference

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 89 A, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 237-248

  Holmer, Björn ^a   Thorsson, Sofia ^a   Eliasson, Ingegärd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cooling rates; Intra urban; Radiative divergence; Sky view factor

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; CANYON; COOLING; GEOMETRY; OPEN SPACE; SENSIBLE HEAT FLUX;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GOTEBORG; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; VASTRA GOTALAND;

EID: 36749058899     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: 14680459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2007.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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