Urban heat island in a coastal urban area in northern Spain

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 113, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 137-154

  Acero, Juan A ^a   Arrizabalaga, Jon ^a   Kupski, Sebastian ^b   Katzschner, Lutz ^b  

^a TECNALIA RESEARCH AND INNOVATION   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AIRFLOW; COASTAL ZONE; DIURNAL VARIATION; FLOW PATTERN; HEAT ISLAND; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

SPAIN;

EID: 84879507062     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-012-0774-z     Document Type: Article

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