Streams in the urban heat island: Spatial and temporal variability in temperature

Freshwater Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 309-326

  Somers, Kayleigh A ^a   Bernhardt, Emily S ^a   Grace, James B ^b   Hassett, Brooke A ^a   Sudduth, Elizabeth B ^c   Wang, Siyi ^a   Urban, Dean L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WETLANDS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c GEORGIA GWINNETT COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Spatial scale; Structural equation modeling; Thermal pollution; Urbanization; Watershed management

Indexed keywords

BASEFLOW; BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLE; CATCHMENT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; HABITAT QUALITY; HEAT ISLAND; PAVEMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; STREAM; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE INVERSION; TEMPERATURE TOLERANCE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; THERMAL POLLUTION; URBAN DRAINAGE; URBANIZATION; WATERSHED;

NORTH CAROLINA; PIEDMONT [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84884358758     PISSN: 21619549     EISSN: 21619565     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1899/12-046.1     Document Type: Article

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