Evaluating the effects of UHI on climate parameters (A case study for Mashhad, Khorrasan)

WSEAS Transactions on Environment and Development

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 508-517

  Ghazanfari, S ^a   Naseri, M ^a   Faridani, F ^a   Aboutorabi, H ^a   Farid, A ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

Author keywords

Air pollution; Climate parameters; Metropolitan areas; Microclimate change; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLOUD COVER; FACTOR ANALYSIS; HEAT ISLAND; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; MICROCLIMATE; POLLUTION EFFECT; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; URBANIZATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MASHHAD; MIDDLE EAST; RAZAVI KHORASAN;

EID: 70349646280     PISSN: 17905079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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