Specifics of temperature extremes under the conditions of urban climate

Contributions to Geophysics and Geodesy

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 249-261

  Středová, Hana ^a   Fukalová, Petra ^a   Rožnovský, Jaroslav ^a  

^a CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Brno; Extremes; Heat wave; High temperature; Urban area

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; HEAT ISLAND; HIGH TEMPERATURE; RISK FACTOR; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA; URBAN CLIMATE;

BRNO; CZECH REPUBLIC; JIHOMORAVSKY;

EID: 78650811538     PISSN: 13352806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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