Impact of anthropogenic heat release on regional climate in three vast urban agglomerations in China

Advances in Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 363-373

  Feng, Jinming ^a   Wang, Jun ^a,b   Yan, Zhongwei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

anthropogenic heat release; energy consumption; regional climate; urban agglomerations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893590910     PISSN: 02561530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00376-013-3041-z     Document Type: Article

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