Modeling of changes in thermal bioclimate: Examples based on urban spaces in Freiburg, Germany

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 111, Issue 3-4, 2013, Pages 547-558

  Fröhlich, Dominik ^a   Matzarakis, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCLIMATOLOGY; CLIMATE MODELING; PAVEMENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN DESIGN;

FREIBERG; GERMANY; SAXONY;

EID: 84873112717     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0678-y     Document Type: Article

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