A statistical model for the urban heat island and its application to a climate change scenario

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1238-1248

  Hoffmann, Peter ^a   Krueger, Oliver ^b   Schlünzen, K Heinke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cloud cover; Downscaling; Hamburg; Regional climate models; Relative humidity; Statistical model; Urban heat island; Wind speed

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; DOWN-SCALING; HAMBURG; REGIONAL CLIMATE MODELS; STATISTICAL MODELS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; WIND SPEED;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; STATISTICS; THERMAL POLLUTION; WIND EFFECTS;

CLIMATE MODELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD COVER; HEAT ISLAND; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGIONAL CLIMATE; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WIND VELOCITY;

GERMANY; HAMBURG [GERMANY]; HAMBURG [HAMBURG (STT)];

EID: 84862649959     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.2348     Document Type: Article

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