The effect of urban conurbation on the modification of human thermal perception, as illustrated by the example of Warsaw (Poland)

Theoretical and Applied Climatology

Volumn 116, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 147-154

  Majewski, Grzegorz ^a   Przewoźniczuk, Wiesława ^a   Kleniewska, Małgorzata ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; HEAT ISLAND; PERCEPTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN CLIMATE;

MAZOWIECKIE; POLAND; WARSAW [MAZOWIECKIE];

EID: 84896397230     PISSN: 0177798X     EISSN: 14344483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00704-013-0939-4     Document Type: Article

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