On the characteristics of the summer urban heat island in Athens, Greece

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-28

  Giannopoulou, K ^a   Livada, I ^a   Santamouris, M ^a   Saliari, M ^a   Assimakopoulos, M ^a   Caouris, Y G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Air temperatures; Heat island; Thermal comfort

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952568997     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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