A mapping tool for climatological applications

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 230-237

  Matuschek, Olaf ^a   Matzarakis, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioclimate; Climate mapping tool; Grid data; Isolines; Physiologically equivalent temperature

Indexed keywords

PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOCLIMATE; GRID DATA; ISOLINES; MAPPING TOOLS; PHYSIOLOGICALLY EQUIVALENT TEMPERATURES;

MAPPING;

ALGORITHM; CLIMATOLOGY; GIS; MAPPING METHOD; SMART GRID; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

EID: 79954543653     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.233     Document Type: Article

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