Climatology at urban long-term ecological research sites: Baltimore ecosystem study and Central Arizona-Phoenix

Geography Compass

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-44

  Brazel, Anthony J ^a   Heisler, Gordon M ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; DATABASE; GLOBAL WARMING; URBAN CLIMATE; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

ARIZONA; BALTIMORE; MARYLAND; NORTH AMERICA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59849128202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-8198.2008.00189.x     Document Type: Article

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