Effect of ground covers on soil temperature in urban and rural areas

Environmental and Engineering Geoscience

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 225-237

  Wu, Jing Hong ^a   Tang, Chao Sheng ^a   Shi, Bin ^a   Gao, Lei ^b   Jiang, Hong Tao ^a   Daniels, John L ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c University of North Carolina at Charlotte   (United States)

Author keywords

Bare soil; Concrete; Grass; Ground cover; Soil temperature; Urban heat island effect

Indexed keywords

CONCRETES; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; RURAL AREAS; SOILS; SPECIFIC HEAT; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

BARE SOILS; GRASS; GROUND COVERS; SOIL TEMPERATURE; URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

BARE SOIL; CONCRETE; GROUND COVER; HEAT ISLAND; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND SURFACE; OPEN SPACE; RURAL AREA; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

CHINA; JIANGSU; NANJING [JIANGSU];

EID: 84907535528     PISSN: 10787275     EISSN: 15589161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gseegeosci.20.3.225     Document Type: Article

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