The relationship between land cover and the urban heat island in northeastern Puerto Rico

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1222-1239

  Murphy, David J ^a   Hall, Myrna H ^a   Hall, Charles A S ^a   Heisler, Gordon M ^a   Stehman, Stephen V ^a   Anselmi Molina, Carlos ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

GEOMOD; Land cover; Sky view factor; Temperature measurements; Urban climate; Urban heat islands; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

GEOMOD; LAND COVER; SKY VIEW FACTOR; URBAN CLIMATES; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBANIZATION;

POPULATION STATISTICS; REMOTE SENSING; RURAL AREAS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; VEGETATION;

LANDFORMS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; HEAT ISLAND; LAND COVER; METROPOLITAN AREA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TROPICAL METEOROLOGY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBANIZATION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

PUERTO RICO; SAN JUAN [PUERTO RICO];

EID: 79958725400     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2145     Document Type: Article

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