Local climate zone mapping using GIS methods in Szeged

Hungarian Geographical Bulletin

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-41

  Unger, János ^a   Lelovics, Eniko ^a   Gál, Tamás ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Climate mapping; GIS; Local climate zones; Lot area polygons; Surface parameters; Szeged

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CLASSIFICATION; DATABASE; GIS; MAPPING; URBAN AREA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PARAMETERIZATION; SATELLITE DATA; SOFTWARE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

FEJER; HUNGARY; SZEGED;

EID: 84897937630     PISSN: 00155403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15201/hungeobull.63.1.3     Document Type: Article

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