An analysis of local spatial temperature patterns in the Delhi Metropolitan Area

Physical Geography

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 114-138

  Roy, Shouraseni ^a   Singh, R ^b   Kumar, Manoj ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Delhi; megacity; near surface air temperature; urban canopy layer; urban heat island

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BOUNDARY LAYER; HEAT ISLAND; MEGACITY; METROPOLITAN AREA; MICROMETEOROLOGY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 79957477216     PISSN: 02723646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0272-3646.32.2.114     Document Type: Article

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