Climate change adaptation through urban heat management in Atlanta, Georgia

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 7780-7786

  Stone, Brian ^a   Vargo, Jason ^b   Liu, Peng ^c   Hu, Yongtao ^c   Russell, Armistead ^c  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;

CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION; HEAT TRANSFER MECHANISM; IMPERVIOUS COVER; LAND-COVER CHANGE; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGICAL MODEL; METROPOLITAN REGIONS; RISING TEMPERATURES; URBAN HEAT ISLAND;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ASPHALT;

ADAPTATION; COOLING; DATA SET; GLOBAL WARMING; HEAT BALANCE; LAND COVER; METROPOLITAN AREA; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CANOPY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COOLING; HEAT; HEAT TRANSFER; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; REFORESTATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SUBURBAN AREA; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; URBAN AREA; WARMING; GEORGIA; URBANIZATION;

ATLANTA; GEORGIA; UNITED STATES;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GEORGIA; HOT TEMPERATURE; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84880539265     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es304352e     Document Type: Article

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