The impact of an urban dry island on the summer heat wave and sultry weather in Beijing City

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 1657-1661

  Wang, Xi Quan ^a   Gong, Yan Bang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Beijing City; Global warming; Heat waves and sultry weather; Physical comfort index; Urbanization; Western Pacific Subtropical High index

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953893206     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-010-3088-5     Document Type: Article

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