Naturalizing urban watershed hydrology to mitigate urban heat-island effects

Hydrological Processes

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 461-463

  Endreny, Theodore ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 38849168825     PISSN: 08856087     EISSN: 10991085     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hyp.6966     Document Type: Note

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