Observational evidence of the urban heat island of Manaus City, Brazil

Meteorological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 186-193

  de Souza, Diego Oliveira ^a   dos Santos Alvalá, Regina Célia ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Temperature; Urban heat island; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; FORESTRY; TEMPERATURE; THERMAL POLLUTION;

AMAZON; ANNUAL AVERAGE; DIURNAL CYCLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; URBAN CITIES; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBANIZATION;

URBAN GROWTH;

AIR TEMPERATURE; HEAT ISLAND; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; MANAUS;

EID: 84898772015     PISSN: 13504827     EISSN: 14698080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/met.1340     Document Type: Article

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