The urban heat island of Bucharest during the extreme high temperatures of July 2007

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 97, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 391-401

  Cheval, Sorin ^a,b   Dumitrescu, Alexandru ^a   Bell, Aurora ^a  

^a NATIONAL METEOROLOGICAL ADMINISTRATION   (Romania)

^b CENTRO EURO MEDITERRANEO SUI CAMBIAMENTI CLIMATICI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; AIR TEMPERATURE; HEAT ISLAND; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MODIS; SUBURBAN AREA; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; WEATHER STATION;

BUCHAREST [BUCHAREST (ADS)]; BUCHAREST [ROMANIA]; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 68349123545     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-008-0088-3     Document Type: Article

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