Three years of study of the Urban Heat Island in Padua: Experimental results

Sustainable Cities and Society

Volumn 10, Issue , 2014, Pages 251-258

  Busato, F ^a   Lazzarin, R M ^a   Noro, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Experimental measurements; Medium size cities; Urban Heat Island

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888431677     PISSN: 22106707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2013.05.001     Document Type: Article

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