Spatial variability of the rotterdam urban heat island as influenced by urban land use

Journal of Geophysical Research

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 677-692

  Heusinkveld, Bert G ^a   Steeneveld, G J ^a   Van Hove, L W A ^a   Jacobs, C M J ^a   Holtslag, A A M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; LAND USE; LINEAR REGRESSION; RURAL AREAS; THERMAL POLLUTION; VEGETATION; WATER;

GREEN; METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; METEOROLOGICAL STATION; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; NOCTURNAL TEMPERATURE; ROTTERDAM; URBAN HEAT ISLAND; URBAN LAND USE;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

HEAT ISLAND; LAND USE; LINEARITY; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METEOROLOGY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN AREA; URBAN MORPHOLOGY; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

NETHERLANDS; ROTTERDAM; SOUTH HOLLAND;

EID: 84900671283     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21562202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2012JD019399     Document Type: Article

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