An investigation into the spatial variability of near-surface air temperatures in the Detroit, Michigan, metropolitan region

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1290-1304

  Oswald, Evan M ^a   Rood, Richard B ^a   Zhang, Kai ^a   Gronlund, Carina J ^a   O'Neill, Marie S ^a   White Newsome, Jalonne L ^a   Brines, Shannon J ^a   Brown, Daniel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Communications decision making; Heat islands; Lake effects; Land use; Local effects; Planning

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; DETROIT; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; HEAT ISLAND; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOT WEATHER; IMPERVIOUS SURFACE; LAND COVER; LOCAL EFFECTS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MICHIGAN; NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICES; NEAR SURFACE AIR TEMPERATURE; SPATIAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; TEMPERATURE OBSERVATIONS; TEMPERATURE STRUCTURE; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; WEATHER CONDITIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; LAND USE; PLANNING; PUBLIC HEALTH;

URBAN PLANNING;

AIR TEMPERATURE; DECISION MAKING; HEAT ISLAND; LAND USE; METROPOLITAN AREA; SPATIAL VARIATION; URBAN PLANNING;

DETROIT; MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864847037     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-11-0127.1     Document Type: Article

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