Zooming into temperature conditions in the city of Leipzig: How do urban built and green structures influence earth surface temperatures in the city?

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 496, Issue , 2014, Pages 289-298

  Weber, Nicole ^a   Haase, Dagmar ^a,b   Franck, Ulrich ^b  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Height of building; Landscape metrics; Leipzig; Linear regression; Surface temperatures; Urban structures

Indexed keywords

EARTH SURFACE TEMPERATURE; GREEN STRUCTURES; LANDSCAPE METRICS; LEIPZIG; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS; URBAN STRUCTURE;

LINEAR REGRESSION;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BUILDING; CLIMATE CHANGE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE TEMPERATURE; URBAN ATMOSPHERE;

ARTICLE; BUILDING; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GERMANY; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; LANDSCAPE METRICS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; URBAN AREA; CITY PLANNING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEMPERATURE; TRENDS; URBANIZATION;

GERMANY; LEIPZIG; SAXONY;

CITIES; CITY PLANNING; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; TEMPERATURE; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84905494039     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.06.144     Document Type: Article

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