Impacts of climate change in degree days and energy demand in Coastal California

Journal of Solar Energy Engineering, Transactions of the ASME

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 0310051-0310059

  Lebassi, B ^a   Gonzalez J E ^b   Fabris, D ^a   Bornstein, R ^c  

^a Department of Computer Science and Engineering   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR BASINS; AIR TEMPERATURE; CALIFORNIA; COASTAL AREA; COASTAL LANDS; COOLING DEGREE; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENERGY DEMANDS; FIRST ORDER; IN-DEGREE; MARINE AIR; MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE; MAXIMUM VALUES; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; PRIMARY DATA SOURCE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SAN FRANCISCO BAY; SEA BREEZE; SOUTH COAST AIR BASINS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; WEATHER STATIONS; WINTER HEATING;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COASTAL ZONES; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 77955197258     PISSN: 01996231     EISSN: 15288986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001564     Document Type: Article

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