An observational study of the Urban Heat Island in the Greater Thessaloniki Area: Preliminary results and development of a forecasting service

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1203, Issue , 2010, Pages 991-996

  Giannaros, T M ^a   Melas, D ^a   Kontogianni, P ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Forecasting; Intensity; Thessaloniki; Urban Heat Island; WRF

Indexed keywords

EID: 76749171808     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3322597     Document Type: Conference Paper

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