Impact of population density on the surface temperature and micro-climate of Delhi

Current Science

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1708-1713

  Mallick, Javed ^a   Rahman, Atiqur ^b  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b JAMIA MILLIA ISLAMIA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Micro climate thermal bands; Population density; Surface temperature; Thermal bands

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864512843     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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