The impact of urbanization and the urban heat island effect on day to day temperature variation

Urban Climate

Volumn 12, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-10

  Tam, Benita Y ^a   Gough, William A ^b   Mohsin, Tanzina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Day to day temperature variation; Population; Rural sites; Urban heat island; Urban sites; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929250071     PISSN: 22120955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.uclim.2014.12.004     Document Type: Article

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