Synergistic interactions between urban heat islands and heat waves: The impact in cities is larger than the sum of its parts

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2051-2064

  Li, Dan ^a   Bou Zeid, Elie ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITIGATION STRATEGY; SURFACE MOISTURES; SYNERGISTIC INTERACTION; URBAN AND RURAL; URBAN AND RURAL AREAS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS; URBAN POPULATION;

CLIMATOLOGY; RURAL AREAS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEAT ISLAND; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; URBAN ATMOSPHERE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84884236202     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-13-02.1     Document Type: Article

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