Mapping urban climate zones and quantifying climate behaviors - An application on Toulouse urban area (France)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 8-9, 2011, Pages 2180-2192

  Houet, Thomas ^a   Pigeon, Grégoire ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

Author keywords

Air temperature; GIS and remote sensing; Surface temperature; Urban climate zones; Urban heat island; Urban landscape

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN CLIMATES; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN LANDSCAPE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; URBAN PLANNING;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; CLIMATE CHANGE; GIS; HEAT ISLAND; LANDSCAPE; MAPPING; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA; URBAN CLIMATE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ARTICLE; CITY PLANNING; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; LANDSCAPE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA;

ATMOSPHERE; CITIES; CLIMATE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGY; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE;

FRANCE; HAUTE GARONNE; MIDI-PYRENEES; TOULOUSE;

EID: 79958831400     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.12.027     Document Type: Article

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