Spatial and temporal characteristics of Beijing urban heat island intensity

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1803-1816

  Yang, Ping ^a   Ren, Guoyu ^b   Liu, Weidong ^a  

^a NATIONAL CLIMATE CENTER   (China)

^b China Meteorological Administration   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; URBAN GROWTH; WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICES;

AUTOMATIC WEATHER STATIONS; BEIJING MUNICIPALITIES; BUILT-UP AREAS; DIURNAL VARIATION; LOCAL SOLAR TIME; RING ROADS; SPATIAL CHARACTERISTICS; TEMPORAL CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND INTENSITIES; URBAN SITE;

REMOTE SENSING;

DATA SET; DIURNAL VARIATION; HEAT ISLAND; REMOTE SENSING; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

BEIJING [BEIJING (ADS)]; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA;

EID: 84884226149     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/jamc-d-12-0125.1     Document Type: Article

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