Trends in extreme temperatures in relation to urbanization in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, Minnesota

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 669-679

  Roy, Shouraseni Sen ^a   Yuan, Fei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL TEMPERATURE RANGES; EXTREME TEMPERATURES; FASTER RATES; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE; LANDSAT IMAGES; LONG-TERM TREND; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; METROPOLITAN AREA; MINNESOTA; RATE OF INCREASE; RURAL STATIONS; SUMMER SEASON; URBAN AREAS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; ESTIMATION METHOD; LANDSAT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBANIZATION;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; STILLWATER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649132500     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1983.1     Document Type: Article

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