Seasonality of the urban heat island effect in Madison, Wisconsin

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2371-2386

  Schatz, Jason ^a   Kucharik, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmosphere land interaction; Heat islands; Seasonal effects; Temperature; Urban meteorology

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERE-LAND INTERACTIONS; HEAT ISLAND; SEASONAL EFFECTS; SEASONALITY; URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECTS; URBAN METEOROLOGY; WISCONSIN;

TEMPERATURE;

CLOUD COVER; HEAT ISLAND; METEOROLOGY; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; URBAN CLIMATE; WIND VELOCITY;

MADISON; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 84907934337     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: 15588432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAMC-D-14-0107.1     Document Type: Article

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