Local climate zones for urban temperature studies

Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1879-1900

  Stewart, I D ^a   Oke, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; LOCAL CLIMATE; TEMPERATURE OBSERVATIONS; TEMPERATURE STUDY; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

METEOROLOGY;

EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES;

EID: 84871311007     PISSN: 00030007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-11-00019.1     Document Type: Article

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