The urban heat island of Cincinnati, Ohio

Geography Research Forum

Volumn 27, Issue , 2007, Pages 10-28

  Hinkel, Kenneth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

Air temperature; Instrumentation; Urban climatology; Urban heat island; Urban meteorology

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; HEAT ISLAND; INSTRUMENTATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; RADIATIVE FORCING; WIND VELOCITY;

CINCINNATI; NORTH AMERICA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349150881     PISSN: 03335275     EISSN: 24148725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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