Vegetation as an urban climate control in the subtropical city of Gaborone, Botswana

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1307-1322

  Jonsson, Per ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Botswana; Evapotranspiration; Gaborone; Humidity; Land use; Temperature; UHI; Vegetation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; THERMAL EFFECTS; VEGETATION;

URBAN CLIMATE CONTROL; VEGETATION INDEX IMAGERY;

CLIMATOLOGY;

EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HUMIDITY; LAND USE; TEMPERATURE; URBAN CLIMATE; VEGETATION COVER;

AFRICA; BOTSWANA; GABORONE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 3843063556     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1064     Document Type: Article

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