Further studies of the heat island associated with a small midwestern city

Atmospheric Science Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 226-230

  Buckley, Patrick I ^a,b   Market, Patrick S ^a   Lupo, Anthony R ^a   Fox, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat island; SuomiNet; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEAT ISLAND; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; URBANIZATION;

COLUMBIA RIVER; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 60149094973     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1530261X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asl.194     Document Type: Article

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