Temporal variations of urban heat island intensity in three major cities, Thailand

Modern Applied Science

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 105-110

  Jongtanom, Yenrutai ^a   Kositanont, Charnwit ^a   Baulert, Surat ^b  

^a CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KASETSART UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Major cities; Mean maximum urban heat island (UHI) intensity; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 82155166670     PISSN: 19131844     EISSN: 19131852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5539/mas.v5n5p105     Document Type: Article

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