Analyses of nocturnal temperature cooling-rate response to historical local-scale urban land-use/land cover change

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1872-1883

  Chow, Winston T L ^a   Svoma, Bohumil M ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat islands; Land surface; Land use; Surface temperature; Urban meteorology

Indexed keywords

ARIZONA; CIRCULATION SYSTEMS; COOLING RATES; HEAT ISLAND; LAND COVER; LAND SURFACE; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; NEAR-SURFACE; NEAR-SURFACE WINDS; NOCTURNAL TEMPERATURE; RELATIVE TEMPERATURES; RURAL LOCATIONS; SURFACE COOLING; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SYNOPTIC CONDITIONS; TEMPERATURE DATA; URBAN AREAS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN METEOROLOGY; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; LAND USE; METEOROLOGY; RURAL AREAS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

LANDFORMS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; COOLING; HEAT ISLAND; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; RURAL ATMOSPHERE; SURFACE WIND; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBANIZATION; WIND DIRECTION; WIND VELOCITY;

ARIZONA; PHOENIX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80053178969     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-10-05014.1     Document Type: Article

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