Climatic characteristics of summer human thermal discomfort in Athens and its connection to atmospheric circulation

Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 3271-3279

  Bartzokas, A ^a   Lolis, C J ^a   Kassomenos, P A ^a   McGregor, G R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL VARIATION; ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION; CLIMATE EFFECT; PRESSURE GRADIENT; SUMMER; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WIND FIELD;

ATHENS [ATTICA]; ATTICA; GREECE;

PAPAYA MOSAIC VIRUS;

EID: 84890509383     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-13-3271-2013     Document Type: Article

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