A study of urban heat island and its association with particulate matter during winter months over Delhi

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 414, Issue , 2012, Pages 494-507

  Pandey, Puneeta ^a   Kumar, Dinesh ^a   Prakash, Amit ^a   Masih, Jamson ^a,b   Singh, Manoj ^a   Kumar, Surendra ^a   Jain, Vinod Kumar ^a   Kumar, Krishan ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b WILSON COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Particulate matter; Solar irradiance; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL TEMPERATURES; NIGHT TIME; PARTICULATE MATTER; RADIOSONDE DATAS; RURAL SITE; SATELLITE DATA; SOLAR IRRADIANCE; SOLAR SPECTRAL IRRADIANCE; SURFACE WIND SPEED; TEMPORAL DATA; THERMAL MAPPING; URBAN AREAS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; WIND CONDITIONS; WIND SPEED; WINTER MONTHS;

RURAL AREAS; WIND EFFECTS;

THERMAL POLLUTION;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HEAT ISLAND; IRRADIATION; MODIS; NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER; PARTICULATE MATTER; RADIOSONDE; SATELLITE DATA; SOLAR RADIATION; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND VELOCITY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DAY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; INDIA; NIGHT; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOLAR RADIATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; URBAN AREA; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; WARMING; WIND; WINTER;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; HOT TEMPERATURE; INDIA; MAPS AS TOPIC; PARTICULATE MATTER; SEASONS; SUNLIGHT; WEATHER;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 84855548170     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.10.043     Document Type: Article

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