Sensors and the city: A review of urban meteorological networks

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1585-1600

  Muller, Catherine L ^a   Chapman, Lee ^a   Grimmond, C S B ^b   Young, Duick T ^a   Cai, Xiaoming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

City scale; Cyber infrastructure; Meso scale; Meteorological stations; Micro scale; Urban sites; Wireless sensor networks

Indexed keywords

CITY SCALE; CYBER INFRASTRUCTURES; MESOSCALE; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; MICRO-SCALES; URBAN SITE;

CLIMATOLOGY; RESEARCH; SENSORS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

URBAN GROWTH;

MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SENSOR; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; URBAN CLIMATE; WEATHER STATION;

EID: 84878800183     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.3678     Document Type: Review

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