Potential influence of land development patterns on regional climate: A summer case study in the Central Florida

Natural Hazards

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 877-885

  Shin, D W ^a   Baigorria, Guillermo A ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Land cover change; Regional climate change; Regional model; Urban heat island

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; HEAT ISLAND; LAND COVER; LAND USE CHANGE; REGIONAL CLIMATE; SUBURBAN AREA;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84861713677     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-012-0118-4     Document Type: Article

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