Characteristics of the mean radiant temperature in high latitude cities-implications for sensitive climate planning applications

International Journal of Biometeorology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 613-627

  Lindberg, Fredrik ^a   Holmer, Björn ^a   Thorsson, Sofia ^a   Rayner, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

G teborg; Lule ; Mean radiant temperature; SOLWEIG; Stockholm; Sweden; Urban geometry

Indexed keywords

CITY; CLIMATE; SEASON; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUNLIGHT; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CITIES; CLIMATE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEASONS; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUNLIGHT; SWEDEN; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84903696122     PISSN: 00207128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-013-0638-y     Document Type: Article

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