The footprint of urban heat island effect in China

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Zhou, Decheng ^a,b   Zhao, Shuqing ^b   Zhang, Liangxia ^a   Sun, Ge ^c   Liu, Yongqiang ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

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EID: 84931275340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep11160     Document Type: Article

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