Scaling of the urban heat island effect based on the energy balance: Nighttime minimum temperature increase vs. urban area length scale

Climate Research

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 209-216

  Lee, T W ^a   Ho, A ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy balance; Scaling; Urban heat island; Urbanized land surface area

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE RESULT; AIR MASS; ARIZONA , USA; LAND AREAS; LAND SURFACE; LENGTH SCALE; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; NIGHTTIME TEMPERATURES; RATE EFFECTS; SCALING; SQUARE-ROOT; TEMPERATURE INCREASE; THERMAL ENERGY TRANSPORT; TIME-DEPENDENT; URBAN AREAS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN REGIONS; URBANIZED AREA;

ADVECTION; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT FLUX; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL POLLUTION;

LANDFORMS;

ADVECTION; AIR MASS; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CORRELATION; ENERGY BALANCE; HEAT ISLAND; METEOROLOGY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; URBAN REGION; URBANIZATION;

ARIZONA; PHOENIX; TUCSON; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77957727661     PISSN: 0936577X     EISSN: 16161572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/cr00901     Document Type: Article

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