The Oklahoma City Micronet

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 252-261

  Basara, Jeffrey B ^a   Illston, Bradley G ^a   Fiebrich, Christopher A ^a   Browder, Phillip D ^a   Morgan, Cynthia R ^a   McCombs, Alexandria ^a   Bostic, Jared P ^a   McPherson, Renee A ^a   Schroeder, Amanda J ^a   Crawford, Kenneth C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesonet; Micrometeorology; Urban heat island; Urban network

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; LAND USE; LANDFORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC MONITORING; ATMOSPHERIC PROCESS; MESONET; METROPOLITAN AREA; MICROMETEOROLOGY; TECHNICAL INNOVATION; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN NETWORKS;

TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

DESIGN; HEAT ISLAND; INFRASTRUCTURE; INNOVATION; METROPOLITAN AREA; MICROMETEOROLOGY; MONITORING SYSTEM; REAL TIME; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; URBAN AREA;

OKLAHOMA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80051872537     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.189     Document Type: Article

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