On the heat islands of Washington, DC, and New York City, NY

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 291-300

  Hicks, Bruce B ^a   Callahan, William J ^b   Hoekzema, Mark A ^b  

^a Metcorps   (United States)

^b AWS Convergence Technologies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat island; New York; Urban meteorology; Washington D.C.

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS DISTRICT; COMMERCIAL NETWORKS; COMMON FEATURES; CONVERGENCE TECHNOLOGIES; HEAT ISLAND; INHOMOGENEITIES; LOCAL SURFACES; NEW YORK; NEW YORK CITY; SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURES; URBAN METEOROLOGY; WASHINGTON; WIND SPEED;

METEOROLOGY;

HEAT FLUX;

AIR TEMPERATURE; HEAT ISLAND; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; INHOMOGENEITY; METEOROLOGY; SPATIAL DATA; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND VELOCITY;

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA];

EID: 77952553807     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-010-9468-1     Document Type: Article

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