Urban heat island in southern Europe: The case study of Hania, Crete

Solar Energy

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1871-1883

  Kolokotsa, D ^a   Psomas, A ^a   Karapidakis, E ^a  

^a TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coastal area; Heat stress; Urban discomfort; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; COASTAL AREA; CROSS CORRELATIONS; HEAT STRESS; LOCAL WEATHER CONDITIONS; METEOROLOGICAL DATA; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; OUTDOOR LIVING; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY; URBAN DISCOMFORT; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COASTAL ZONES; HEAT FLUX; METEOROLOGY; RESEARCH; THERMAL STRESS; WIND EFFECTS;

THERMAL POLLUTION;

COASTAL ZONE; CORRELATION; DATA ACQUISITION; HEAT ISLAND; LIVING STANDARD; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; RESEARCH WORK; URBAN REGION; WEATHER STATION;

CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 69949098959     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2009.06.018     Document Type: Article

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