Urban heat island and differences in outdoor comfort levels in Glasgow, UK

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 127-141

  Krüger, Eduardo ^a   Drach, Patricia ^b   Emmanuel, Rohinton ^c   Corbella, Oscar ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; HEAT ISLAND; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SUMMER; URBAN AREA; WINTER;

GLASGOW [GLASGOW (ADS)]; GLASGOW [SCOTLAND]; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84875373936     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0724-9     Document Type: Article

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