Urban heat island effects on estimates of observed climate change

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 123-133

  Parker, David E ^a  

^a MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; URBAN GROWTH;

FUTURE ASSESSMENT; HIGH-RESOLUTION CLIMATE MODELS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; NEAR SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77952189783     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.21     Document Type: Article

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