Analysis of thermal bioclimate in various urban configurations in Athens, Greece

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 217-233

  Charalampopoulos, Ioannis ^a   Tsiros, Ioannis ^a   Chronopoulou Sereli, Aikaterini ^a   Matzarakis, Andreas ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Athens; Physiologically equivalent temperature; RayMan; Thermal bioclimate; Urban configurations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877043902     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-012-0252-5     Document Type: Article

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