Urban heat island intensity in London: An investigation of the impact of physical characteristics on changes in outdoor air temperature during summer

Solar Energy

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 986-998

  Kolokotroni, Maria ^a   Giridharan, Renganathan ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Core; On site variables; Semi urban; Sky cloud conditions; Urban; Urban heat island intensity (UHI)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; HEAT FLUX; LANDFORMS; REGIONAL PLANNING; SOLAR RADIATION;

CORE; ON-SITE VARIABLES; SEMI-URBAN; SKY CLOUD CONDITIONS; URBAN; URBAN HEAT ISLAND INTENSITY (UHI);

ASPECT RATIO;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ALBEDO; CLEAR SKY; CLIMATE VARIATION; DATA SET; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HEAT ISLAND; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; RESEARCH WORK; WIND VELOCITY;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; LONDON [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 53349172261     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2008.05.004     Document Type: Article

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