A historical review of urban climatology and the atmospheres of the industrialized world

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 539-553

  Janković, Vladimir ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; METEOROLOGY; WEATHER FORECASTING;

AIR POLLUTION METEOROLOGY; ANTHROPOGENIC CLIMATE CHANGES; ATMOSPHERIC PROCESS; ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE; HISTORICAL ANALYSIS; HISTORICAL REVIEW; NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION; SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATOLOGY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MICROMETEOROLOGY; URBAN CLIMATE;

EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 84885817761     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.244     Document Type: Review

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