Showcasing urban heat island work in Birmingham - Measuring, monitoring, modelling and more

Weather

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 44-49

  Tomlinson, C J ^a   Prieto Lopez, T ^a   Bassett, R ^a   Chapman, L ^a   Cai, X M ^a   Thornes, J E ^a   Baker, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEAT ISLAND; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; URBAN AREA;

BIRMINGHAM [BIRMINGHAM (DST)]; BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84873159399     PISSN: 00431656     EISSN: 14778696     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wea.1998     Document Type: Article

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