Comparison and generalisation of spatial patterns of the urban heat island based on normalized values

Physics and Chemistry of the Earth

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 107-114

  Unger, János ^a   Sümeghy, Zoltán ^a   Szegedi, Sándor ^b   Kiss, Andrea ^a   Géczi, Róbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cross correlation; Debrecen (Hungary); Normalization; Szeged; UHI types; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

CROSS CORRELATIONS; DEBRECEN , HUNGARY; GENERALISATION; GRID NETWORK; HUNGARY; LOCAL IRREGULARITIES; NORMALIZED VALUES; PATTERN CLASSIFICATION; PREVAILING WINDS; SEASONAL MEAN; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL PATTERNS; TEMPERATURE PATTERNS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

HEAT FLUX; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

THERMAL POLLUTION;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; HEAT ISLAND; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN CLIMATE; WIND DIRECTION;

DEBRECEN; FEJER; HAJDU-BIHAR; HUNGARY; SZEGED;

EID: 77951255358     PISSN: 14747065     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pce.2010.03.001     Document Type: Article

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