Human-biometeorological assessment of the urban heat island in a city with complex topography - The case of Stuttgart, Germany

Urban Climate

Volumn 10, Issue P3, 2014, Pages 573-584

  Ketterer, Christine ^a   Matzarakis, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

PET; Stuttgart; Thermal comfort; Topography; Urban heat island; UTCI

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927963210     PISSN: 22120955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2014.01.003     Document Type: Article

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