Human-biometeorological assessment of heat waves in Athens

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 99-106

  Matzarakis, Andreas ^a   Nastos, Panagiotis T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; ANNUAL VARIATION; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CLIMATE EFFECT; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GAUSSIAN METHOD; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 79960648710     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-010-0379-3     Document Type: Article

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